The Learning Curve report 2014 ranks the UK as the sixth best education system in the world, but warns that pupils in Western countries are lagging behind those in the Far East because of lack of motivation from parents.

Global education rankings, which include higher education as well a international school tests, are headed by South Korea, with the UK in sixth place.

The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) warn that rising numbers of private schools are concerned at political meddling in the exams system.

Guardian survey shows heavy workloads to blame for mental health problems among academics.

Åtal har väckts mot två personer som planerade en attack mot Helsingfors universitet.

A decline in the number of high-school students is among several factors driving continued declines in the number of students in Beijing applying for China's national college-entrance examination, known as gaokao.

There are plans underway in China to make the country's annual physical-fitness tests for students part of entrance exams for colleges. The exams measure students' height, weight, lung capacity and abilities in 50-meter and 100-meter races, as well as their ability to complete sit-ups and pull-ups.

83 professorer og skoleledere fra hele verden fortviler over at den internasjonale skoletesten får stadig mer innflytelse.

India has no strategy for technology in the classroom, but entrepreneurs and nonprofits are braving the odds in the sector.

Motvilja till stora politiska reformer, förtroende och samarbete mellan lärare, arbetsgivare och politiker, och samsyn mellan de politiska partierna. Finlands sätt att styra skolan skiljer sig på många punkter från Sveriges. Det konstaterar en grupp lärarstudenter som nyligen besökt Helsingfors.

Både USA och Storbritannien erbjuder Nigeria hjälp för att hitta de över 200 flickor som kidnappats från sin skola.

Konfliktexpert: ”Försöker hitta en punkt där staten är svag”.