Teaching England's schools should learn from Japan, says Twigg

• Teacher training college upgrade
  Almost 40 million euro in Government funding has been allocated to upgrade a teacher training college.
• Teacher no longer tied up in knots
  A teacher’s fantastic tie collection is now considerably smaller – but his pot of cash for a learning journey in Africa is a lot bigger.
• Teaching union hits out at changes
  The head of a secondary school teachers' union has said the body will work "with the devil and his cat" to protect pay and conditions.
Ofsted chief: ‘teachers don’t know what stress is’
The head of Ofsted sparked a fresh row with teachers today after launching a stinging attack on the culture of excuses at the heart of the education system.

Cut heads' pay 'for failing to tackle poor teachers'
Head teachers should have their pay docked for failing to crack down on poorly-performing staff, it is claimed.

Union says new curriculum for excellence 'poorly handled'
A teaching union has said the introduction of the curriculum for excellence in Scotland's schools has been poorly handled.

Unions and parents call for more teachers in Scotland's nurseries
Local authorities have been accused of undermining standards in nurseries by employing fewer teachers and more nursery nurses.

Cupboard sex teacher Muir McCormick struck off
A married maths teacher who had sex with two pupils in a school cupboard has been struck off the register.

Union leaders blame extra pressure on teachers for illness due to stress
Stress and depression accounted for almost a third of all long-term sickness absence among teachers in city schools in the last year.