A recent study showing that students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds in Australia are more likely than their peers from disadvantaged backgrounds to believe in the value of education has sparked calls for officials to build confidence in the country's education system.

Teaching Creationism isn't just a violation of church and state. It leaves students unprepared for higher education.

In a volatile province in Afghanistan, the headmaster of a school in Marja says the school has been opened and closed several times as the Taliban came into and left power.

All children should learn computer science in primary school, a major software corporation has urged.

Students in China are more likely than US students to report that their teachers are more technology-savvy than they are and that students spend more time using technology in school, according to a recent survey by Dell.

Nurseries should give children the chance to learn, and women the choice to work if they want to.

The Canadian Foundation for Economic Education is introducing a financial literacy programme for students in Toronto and Montreal this year.

Köpenhamns skolor ska kunna stänga av elever som trakasserar judiska kamrater. Deras familjer ska även kunna straffas med ekonomiska sanktioner, tvångsförflyttning eller i svåra fall utvisning. Det kräver några lokalpolitiker från Dansk Folkeparti och Konservative.

Looking for new ways to show students why the budget and economics matter? Teachers and experts share their ideas with Emily Drabble.

Two ethnic Roma (Gypsy) men win a discrimination case against Hungary at the European Court of Human Rights over their education at a remedial school.

De gymnasiale uddannelser får nu mulighed for at byde ind med idéer til projekter på områder, hvor uddannelsernes kvalitet kan forbedres.

History should be compulsory up to GCSE because too many pupils leave school lacking a proper knowledge of the past, says a Government adviser.