A growing number of schools are showing that it is possible to fight off enforced academisation.

Bill Moyers asked experts in different policy areas to write what they would like to hear President Obama say in Tuesday’s State of the Union address. One of those experts is education historian Diane Ravitch, who wrote the following about what she would like to hear from Obama in his speech.

Unfit children are failing to break a sweat in physical education classes because of the poor state of the subject in schools, according to Ofsted.

Fra respekteret landsbylærer til udskældt servicemedarbejder. Lærergerningen har ændret sig, og i dag er den gode skolelærer ekspert i at guide sine elever til at tilegne sig viden. En stor del af folkeskolens lærere anklages for at være talentløse.

Worries about the declining academic performance of boys, a topic of increasing alarm this past decade, have intensified recently. It seems that boys are being judged both unduly harshly and leniently at school.

Good news for those who see school reform as a way to make big bucks: A new report says that the global education market is now worth $4.4 trillion and is set to grow a lot over the next five years.

Om Finland går in gör tvåspråkiga skolor måste bägge språkgrupper veta vad de vill med en sådan lösning. – Tvåspråkiga skolor är inte någon entydigt bra lösning för språkminoriteter, säger Fernand de Varennes, expert på minoritetsspråk, i en intervju för Åbo Underättelser.

Something needs to be done about teachers being bullied in schools, before too many lose the confidence to do the job.

Alle danske skoler skal ikke være heldagsskoler, siger lærernes formand og DF-ordfører i fælles kronik.

The government has published its plans to slim down the national curriculum followed by primary and secondary schools in England.

Jo mindre barnegruppene er, jo bedre sosial kompetanse har treåringene. "Treåringer som går i tradisjonelle småbarnsgrupper har høyere sosial kompetanse enn treåringer som går i aldersblandede grupper eller storebarnsgrupper", forteller forsker Ane Nærde ved Atferdssenteret i Oslo.

Students, teachers and union members take to Spain's streets on Thursday to protest against government plans for cuts to the public education system. (webb-tv)