Around one in three (32 percent) professional parents with children aged 5 to 16 has moved to an area which they thought had good schools, and 18 percent have moved to live in the catchment area of a specific school, according to a new Sutton Trust report, Parent Power?
Gymnasieelever betaler universitetsstuderende flere tusinde kroner for at skrive opgaver for dem, så de kan få bedre karakterer, fortæller Danske Gymnasieelevers Sammenslutning.
A teacher shortage has hindered the teaching of foreign languages to K-12 and vocational school students in accordance with a government instruction in effect for almost half a decade, educators complained Thursday at a conference on foreign language teaching in central Vietnam.
Jaime A. FlorCruz in this commentary writes about an experience with the Teach For All global network that highlighted the pros and cons of China's evolving education system.
The late Nelson Mandela sought to improve education in South Africa as he led the country from apartheid to democracy. The country's schools, however, are languishing in international rankings and reportedly are plagued by inadequate infrastructure, corruption and a questionable funding system.
While students in Shanghai topped the recent Programme for International Student Assessment in reading, maths and science, data show that the success of the city's students is not indicative of that of the overall student population.
Samtidigt som Sverige rasat på världsrankingen i de så kallade Pisa-testen så har grannen på andra sidan Östersjön gjort en drömresa uppåt och är nu i toppen bredvid länder som Finland.
Skolskjutningen i USA-delstaten Colorado i fredags var över efter 80 sekunder. En rad omständigheter gjorde att tragedin blev begränsad, konstaterar nyhets-tv-kanalen CNN i en genomgång av förloppet då en tungt beväpnad elev steg in i Arapahoe High School.
Grunden i det finska skolsystemets framgång ligger i tilliten till lärarens kompetens. Det säger Jorma Väänänen, rektor i Torneå, Finland. För även om finska resultaten i Pisa dalat, ligger man kvar bland Europas toppländer. Medan Sverige sjunkit som en sten.