Nation braced for school shake-up
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Parents across Wales prepare for more school closures after a decision to reorganise schools across Cardiff.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was set to lift a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday, looking to quell fierce criticism that general elections next month will not be free and fair.
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Education and business leaders urged an overhaul of the U.S. school system, including ending high school at the 10th grade for many students. Current teaching is failing to prepare young Americans for the global economy, members of a bipartisan panel said Thursday.
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The state of England's schools and colleges is about to be laid bare in the annual Ofsted report.
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Plans to cut class sizes to 18 for younger pupils are to be announced by Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop.
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The biggest proposed overhaul of Britain's education system in 60 years was unveiled Monday, including a plan to replace the wave of standardized tests for high-school students with a single diploma system.
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There is a warning that independent schools are stretching their lead among A-level students.
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An expansion of education legislation is sparking opposition from both sides
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Parents will be able to receive up-to-date information about their children's progress at school under new proposals to replace the traditional school report with an e-mail version, Schools Minister Jim Knight will announce Wednesday.
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Six million students are expected to begin school Saturday in a key test of security.
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The scarlet letter in education these days is an "R." It stands for restructuring &#151; the purgatory that schools are pushed into if they fail to meet testing goals for six straight years under the No Child Left Behind law.
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D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee is preparing plans to fire up to several hundred employees over the coming year, part of a major restructuring of the school system's central office aimed at streamlining operations, District government sources said.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker on the changes happening in the new school year.
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Pupils at four primary schools are being given the choice of starting lessons at different times of the day.
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A falling birth rate and demand for education in Welsh means a big change in the capital's schools.
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School league tables are to be reformed to show the number of high-achieving 14-year-olds, say ministers
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With another school year about to begin, the time is right for "The Education of Ms. Groves."