A recent report from the Higher Education Authority in Ireland finds that plans to overhaul teacher training in the country are making progress, despite resistance from a small number of teaching colleges. Among the recommended changes are to reduce the number of teaching colleges.

Selected high schools in Australia will test MoneySmart, a financial-literacy curriculum developed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Computer science is going to become part of the English Baccalaureate - one of the measures used in school league tables in England.

A middle school in Minnesota is helping students build physical strength and deal with stress through an after-school yoga club.

U.S. researchers surveyed almost 1,900 middle-school students in Los Angeles and found that those who were considered the coolest were frequently reported as being the most aggressive, and vice versa.

Even education unions came on board when private provision was introduced into Swedish schools.

Men are being put off applying for jobs in primary schools because working with young children is seen as a "woman's profession", according to research.

Study carried out every year since 2006 following Jamie Oliver campaign will not be continued, to campaigners' dismay.

Teaching gay issues to primary school pupils is not about sex, it's about acceptance, writes out deputy head Shaun Dellenty.

Palestinska och israeliska barn får en snedvriden bild av varandra, anser palestinska och israeliska forskare som genomfört en studie av 3000 läroböcker.

En skola i delstaten Haryana i Indien har infört förbud mot jeans. Förbudet har upprört många, då frågan om kvinnors rättigheter såväl som säkerhet är brännhet i Indien efter den dödliga gruppvåldtäkten på en 23-årig student i Delhi i december.

Den skandinaviska skolan i Bryssel (SSB) är i blåsväder sedan det norska skolverket kommit med svidande kritik, dragit in statsbidraget och krävt återbetalning av tidigare bidrag.