Autonomy for schools is all very well, argues Estelle Morris, but local schools also need each other.

An entire school of teachers in Seattle is refusing to give students a standardized test that’s required by the district. The teachers say the test is useless and wastes valuable instructional time.

Gymnasieeleverna från Höganäs tycker att resan gjort dem mer självständiga. Vi har blivit som nya personer. Lite vuxnare och modigare, säger Maja Fredholm, som går sista året på samhällsprogrammets internationella profil på Kullagymnasiet i Höganäs.

The Global Search for Education: What Will Finland Do Next?

There appears to be no shortage of new businesses looking to apply technology to education. An entire ecosystem has emerged in recent years to develop and promote the latest product or service for the classroom or district. But a major hurdle remains: the divide between what entrepreneurs build and educators need.

One teacher in each government and government-aided school and higher secondary school in Goa, India, will be trained in career counselling to better address students' questions and needs in-house.

Mexico is poised to implement an education reform law that will change the way teachers are hired, evaluated and promoted.

Det er ikke bare elevene på Rykkinn skole som synes frukt smaker godt. Det viser en studie av spisevanene til nesten 3000 elever ved 27 barne- og ungdomsskoler i Norge. Den er gjennomført av professorene Nina C. Øverby og Elling Bere ved Universitetet i Agder.

Sedan den senaste skolskjutningen i USA är vapendebatten där hetare än någonsin. På Harold High School i Texas bär lärarna vapen – för att skydda barnen.

Education minister Elizabeth Truss has announced that the new primary curriculum will put more focus on imperial measurements. What do teachers, mathematicians and scientists think?

Commentators are quick to criticise comprehensives, but there are many other factors affecting boys' performance, writes Kenny Frederick.

Disadvantaged children must be encouraged to consider going to university, says body in charge of widening access.