Mixed picture of failing schools
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More schools in England were judged to be failing last year - but as a proportion,  fewer were in such trouble.
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One in 10 secondary schools in England were judged "inadequate" by school inspectors, a report is to say.
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Schools have improved since Tony Blair became prime minister but it is hard to say by how much, a report says.
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American students are doing significantly better in math since the federal No Child Left Behind law, but reading achievement has not shown similar gains.
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Thinking small may be the next big thing at American high schools. From Oregon to New York, school districts are scaling down to combat problems that are very big indeed: high dropout rates, sinking test scores and low attendance.
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True or false? Charter schools are not always the silver bullet for boosting student achievement that some politicians and educators have portrayed them to be.
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The education policy of the Bush administration is founded on two pillars: standardized testing and charter schools.    However, as reported in this New York Times article (see also the audio archive at NPR or nonsubscription coverage at the Boston Globe) , the US Department of Education's own testing data show that nationwide, charter schools are, in aggregate, lagging their public counterparts.
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A significant proportion of teachers think the standard of A-level and GCSE marking has deteriorated.
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Unreliable test scores and other shaky data may be causing states to wrongly penalize some schools under federal law, congressional investigators have found.
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TeachersÃÂÃÂ misconceptions might be preventing bright state-educated pupils from applying to Oxford and Cambridge University, according to a survey for an educational charity.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet the government's GCSE target, tables show.
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Recruitment figures for teacher training courses suggest shortfalls in key subjects such as maths.
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Some of the direst noises about our nationâs scientific prospects may be premature; students seem to be embracing challenging science courses.
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Media & professional: School history lessons are often fragmented and place too much emphasis on England, Ofsted says.
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U.S. eighth-graders are gaining on their peers across the globe in science and math, but fourth-graders are being passed as their test scores remain stagnant, according to an international review of school performance.
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Report cards are in, and the grades are not good: New York City private schools have given The New York Sun an F.
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It's a nickname no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That description fits more than one in 10 high schools across America.