How swimming can be a life-changer
A parliamentary committee questions the length and quality of some apprenticeships, saying six month programmes are of no real benefit.
An independent schools leader says A-levels could become university entrance exams if academics are given too much control.
A third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school, according to research from the Amateur Swimming Association.
A five-year plan to tackle poor reading and writing standards in schools is published by the Welsh government.
Nearly five years after the death of Baby Peter Connelly, a survey of social workers suggests many are worried about unmanageable amounts of work.
Some 88% of social workers think cuts are putting vulnerable children's lives at risk, a survey five years after the death of baby Peter Connolly suggests.
Higher university tuition fees have not boosted teaching time at England's universities, research suggests.
Teachers' pay in England and Wales could be linked to performance and set at different local levels, under proposals set out by the government.
Use of mobile devices in class could be expanded
Schooling in England should not start until the age of six because having formal lessons too early can put bright children off learning, research claims.
A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures.
Big businesses should sponsor compulsory school meals, and packed lunches should be banned, says the former cage fighter and Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid.
A top Italian university switches to English
Prince Edward declines a pupil's appeal for a royal reprieve from homework.
Schools in England will be sent copies of the King James Bible from this week to mark the 400th anniversary of its publication.
The government terminates a contract with welfare-to-work company A4e after deciding that continuing would be "too great a risk".
There is no clear link between performance pay for teachers and raising standards in schools, says an international survey.
Schools in England will be banned from taking pupils' fingerprints and using face-recognition technology unless they get permission from parents.
Parents react to the news that they are to be given more financial control over support for children with special educational needs.
Free schools, an accelerated move to academies and a planned return to a more rigorous, traditional type of exam are part of government changes for the English education system.
Many schools in Wales are failing to plan well enough on how to develop literacy and numeracy among 11 to 14 year-olds, Estyn warns.
Parents in England are to be given more financial control over support for their children with special educational needs.
Schools which find the best ways to spend the pupil premium could win £10,000, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says.
The shadow education secretary says English schools should take lessons on teaching from Japan.