MPs visited the US last month to see what can be learned from charter schools. They came away with ideas about closure, takeovers and decisive action.

'Despite the suffering, children have an amazing ability to recover,' says Unicef as some of the 400,000 child refugees in Lebanon begin to receive education.

Leading academics from 12 countries including UK call for next round of OECD Pisa tests on 15-year-olds to be scrapped.

Islamist militants' leader threatens to sell the more than 270 girls abducted in north-east Nigeria on 14 April.

Den nigerianska terrorrörelsen Boko Haram medger att den har över 200 skolflickor i sitt våld. De ska säljas på marknaden säger rörelsens ledare.

University researchers in maths and physics are being encouraged to become school teachers to inspire youngsters to study the subjects.

Head teachers warn that reforms to GCSEs and A-levels which will see children assessed only through written exams will damage their education.

Many pupils at the first free school to be shut due to poor standards were "taught nothing", a head teachers' leader is due to say.

George Osborne to announce plan to tackle school skills shortage with employer-sponsored on-the-job training scheme.

NAHT union considers policy of dividing school year into more terms to reduce 'holiday price premium' and teacher stress.

The survey of 1 000 parents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland found that 7 out of 10 agreed that pressures on schools to implement new initiatives in a short time could harm their child's education.

New Zealand students will move out of "the Dark Ages" and complete NCEA assessments online this year.