The working hours of both teachers and MPs have both come under attack this week, but who really works the most hours?

One in five parents, rising to one in three in cities, feels they cannot access a good school in their local area, a survey by a right of centre think-tank has found.

Schools in some of Britain's wealthiest regions are failing children from disadvantaged homes, who are achieving better exam results in deprived areas, the Schools minister has said.

Two recent cases show that headteachers can't always be relied upon to protect children from abuse in school. Now campaigners are calling for urgent changes to the law.

Danska klassrum ekar tomma och elever känner sig som en gisslan i lärarkonflikten – efter tre veckor utan undervisning hotas deras slutprov i avgångsklasserna.

Den danska lärarlockouten fortsätter. Nära 70 000 lärare i grundskolan och i en del andra skolformer är lockoutade av arbetsgivaren från sina skolor sedan den 2 april. 875 000 elever står utan undervisning.

Teachers in the United States rate their lives better than those in most other occupation groups, trailing only physicians. Teachers also are in great emotional health, but their workplace wellbeing lags other professions.

Den 15-åriga pakistanska skolaktivisten Malala Yousafzai, som i oktober sköts i huvudet av talibaner, ska tala i FN på sin 16-årsdag, den 12 juli. 

Det er nok nå, mener slitne foreldre. Men konflikten virker like fastlåst som den var da lockouten startet.

Mens lockouten raser flygter danskerne fra regeringens skolepolitik. Ved valget støttede hver anden dansker socialdemokraternes kurs overfor folkeskolen, i dag er det kun godt hver fjerde.

Schoolchildren in England should spend more hours at school each day and have shorter holidays, says Education Secretary Michael Gove

Danmarks gymnasielärare har med överväldigande majoritet förkastat ett arbetsgivarbud med löneökningar, men också nya regler för arbetstiden.