4 ud af 10 gymnasieelever dropper videregående uddannelser.

By giving 25 per cent of places to disadvantaged children, we could bridge the social divide, says Anthony Seldon.

Chris Skidmore, the Conservative MP and Downing Street adviser, calls for children at risk of educational failure to be officially marked out at school from the age of 11.

Ansvariga i Kristianstads kommun måste säkra att skolan anpassar undervisningen och ger alla barn och elever i behov av särskilt stöd den hjälp som de behöver.

In this letter to Dr Andreas Schleicher, director of the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment, academics from around the world express deep concern about the impact of Pisa tests and call for a halt to the next round of testing.

MPs visited the US last month to see what can be learned from charter schools. They came away with ideas about closure, takeovers and decisive action.

'Despite the suffering, children have an amazing ability to recover,' says Unicef as some of the 400,000 child refugees in Lebanon begin to receive education.

Leading academics from 12 countries including UK call for next round of OECD Pisa tests on 15-year-olds to be scrapped.

Islamist militants' leader threatens to sell the more than 270 girls abducted in north-east Nigeria on 14 April.

Den nigerianska terrorrörelsen Boko Haram medger att den har över 200 skolflickor i sitt våld. De ska säljas på marknaden säger rörelsens ledare.

University researchers in maths and physics are being encouraged to become school teachers to inspire youngsters to study the subjects.

Head teachers warn that reforms to GCSEs and A-levels which will see children assessed only through written exams will damage their education.