What’s the key to effective learning? One intriguing body of research suggests a rather gnomic answer: It’s not just what you know. It’s what you know about what you know. To put it in more straightforward terms, anytime a student learns, he or she has to bring in two kinds of prior knowledge: knowledge about the…

More than a third of head teachers are to quit the classroom over Coalition reforms to education, according to research.

The Church of England sets out its vision for its role in education over the coming decade, saying it expects to create more schools under its banner.

Skule. Vil det følgje med pengar til innkjøp av nye læremiddel når den reviderte læreplanen skal setjast ut i livet?

Schools will be allowed to delay the National 4 and 5 exams, due to replace Standard Grades, for a year, the Scottish government agrees.

The chancellor should use the Budget to promote policies that will benefit children and young people, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers says.

Den 23-24 mars går den nationella finalen i Wallenbergs fysikpris av stapeln vid Umeå universitet. På plats finns då 11 gymnasister som tävlar om platser i den internationella fysikolympiaden i Tartuu, Estland i juli.

Treasury secretary Gabriel Makhlouf has angered the primary teachers' union by suggesting money saved on a small rise in class sizes could be spent on improving the quality of teachers, which was far more important.

Sedan 1999 har det bedrivits ett internationaliseringsarbete vid Kälarne skola. Det kallas Future Europa. Skolans elever i årskurs 6–9, och motsvarande klasser vid en tjeckisk vänskola, ska arbeta för bland annat skapandet av nätverk för långvarigt utbyte och att få skolans elever att se sin egen livssituation i ett mer internationellt perspektiv.

Flere skoleledere mener, at det er naturligt at præsentere elever for andre religioner.

Growing numbers of under-11s are being taught in empty shops, bingo halls, churches and football stadiums because of an acute shortage of primary school places, it emerged today.

Labour says the government should tackle the growing crisis in primary school places rather than building more free schools.