Alan Milburn, the chair of the social mobility and child poverty commission in England, is suggesting paying top teachers 25% more to encourage them to work in schools in disadvantaged areas. The move, he says, would help reduce the achievement gap among low-income students and their peers.

Teachers union launches scathing attack on government’s education policy, which has tripled the exodus of newly qualified teachers.

Vad gör vi nu? Det är den återkommande frågan här i Frankrike efter attentaten i början av januari. Ett 70-tal skolor rapporterade om ”incidenter”.

I Finland har arbetsmiljöforskare och ett fackförbund för lärare utvecklat gemensamma rutiner och formulär för att anmäla hot och våld i skola och förskola.

Teachers should ignore new rules on promoting "fundamental British values", a conference has heard.

Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ conference told that government guidance after Trojan horse affair in Birmingham was ‘political posturing’.

Charm really does pay. Children who make lots of friends at school go on to earn higher salaries later in life, according to a new study which highlights the long-term financial benefits of being sociable.

School leaders should "guard against the rot of greed" as some teachers pay themselves around the same as the Prime Minister earns.

David Cameron argues we need to train the smartest to teach. But Finnish universities select only 10% of applicants – and not the cleverest.

LONDON. Föräldrarna till elever i Cheshire har fått ett brev från rektorerna i området. De hotas bli polisanmälda - om de låter sina barn spela videospel som är avsedda för vuxna.

Många av skolans utmaningar är gemensamma för hela världen. Därför deltar Lärarförbundets ordförande i det internationella forumet The International Summit on the Teaching Profession för att diskutera lösningar.

Perhaps the best aspect of the Finnish system is the freedom its schools have to form their own curricula within a loose national framework, and the freedom students have to determine how they want to learn, writes Leonid Bershidsky.