Trots att Region Halland inte har några grundskolor skickas bland annat Dag Hultefors (M) på en studieresa till Kanada för att se hur de där lyckats vända dåliga Pisa-resultat för högstadieelever.
Australia's education ministers have approved a new initiative to teach digital technologies in schools. The digital curriculum highlights science, technology, engineering and maths and introduces coding earlier.
An 18-year battle between Kenya’s government and its largest teachers’ union is coming to a head. After three weeks of strikes and school closures, president Uhuru Kenyatta refused to boost teachers’ salaries, despite a court order to raise them by 50%. Protests are planned in Nairobi throughout the week.
Kenyas skolor stänger på obestämd tid. Anledningen är att lärarna kräver en löneökning på 60 procent, något som regeringen inte går med på, skriver Bloomberg.
When the Taliban closed all the girls' schools in Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi set up new schools, in secret, educating thousands of women and men. In this fierce, funny talk, she tells the jaw-dropping story of two times when she was threatened to stop teaching. (webb-tv)