Istället för pekpinnar och detaljstyrning har USA:s president Barack Obama valt en annan väg för att förbättra den amerikanska skolan - att utlysa en tävling om pengar.
Rachel Shapey has been teaching music for eight years and one of her pupils has just signed a record deal. Here she shares her tips for nurturing musical talent.
Resan är elevernas projektarbete i årskurs tre, och ett led i Västermalms arbete med internationalisering. Sedan mitten av 90-talet har Västermalms skola i Sundsvall haft ett utbyte med en skolan i Ulundi.
Pakistan is unlikely to meet its commitment to "Universal Primary Education for All" by 2015, according to a new report. The Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report reveals 5.1 million children are not attending school in Pakistan, with 63% of those being girls.
School has begun for Syrian children in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, introducing a sense of normalcy amid strife in Syria that could destabilize the Middle East region.
Ninth-graders from low-income backgrounds in North Carolina saw a 30% increase in their test scores after participating in a program that provided them with smartphones.