I Storbritannien är det otänkbart att lämna ut lärares nummer och hemadress till elever: ”Det handlar om att skydda personalen”.

Fra februar 2013 kan elever på landets ungdomsuddannelser deltage i elevrådsarbejde uden at få fravær. Dermed imødekommer børne- og undervisningsminister Christine Antorini elevorganisationernes ønske om at anerkende elevrådsarbejde og elevdemokrati.

The D.C. Office of Human Rights presented a model citywide bullying prevention policy to Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) on Thursday, making the District one of the first cities in the nation to take such a broad approach to protecting young people from harassment.

Sutton Trust warns ministers not to draw too many conclusions either way on England's rankings on worldwide lists.

Samreen Khan bor med sina föräldrar och fyra systrar i en rosakaklad enrummare i östra Delhi i Indien. Tre av flickorna delar madrass och minstingen sover med mamma och pappa i köket.

Pupils who study a foreign language at secondary schools must take the university entrance exam for the subject months before the tests in mainstream subjects are held, leading to a potentially high drop-out rate, teachers say.

More schools in India are expected to begin using tablet computers in the classroom with the release of more high-quality, affordable devices.

Through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Global Teaching Labs programme, students travel to foreign countries for three-week stints as high-school teachers.

I Storbritannien ska man testa prestationsbaserade löner för lärare. Men systemet möts av skarp kritik.

The education ministry in the Czech Republic announced last week that the country will start mandating students to learn a second foreign language in school.

The tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn., demonstrates the need for "mental-health literacy" and expanded mental-health services in schools, writes Laura C. Murray, a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, in Philadelphia.

There are three cost-effective alternatives to arming classroom teachers, writes Charles J. Russo, an adjunct law professor at the University of Dayton, Ohio.