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Software developed by a consortium of European universities, including the University of Hertfordshire, which will tackle bullying in schools will be trialled on 900 school children starting next week (12th).

Students achieve better test scores and attendance rates at the six smaller Baltimore City high schools where teachers have greater control over lessons and principals have more freedom when hiring staff, a new study shows.

In cooperation with state and national partners, the North Carolina New Schools Project (NCNSP) has launched an unprecedented effort to create at least 100 academically rigorous, focused and flexible new and redesigned high schools over the next five years.

The Schooling for Tomorrow project (SfT) is a major CERI project since the late 1990s, developing futures thinking in education. Its starting point is that neglect of the long term is increasingly problematic in meeting the challenges of complexity and change that education is facing.

Creativity develops the capacity to imagine the world differently. We all need an ability not just to cope with change, but also to positively thrive on it and engineer it for ourselves.  Therefore, young people need the tools to conceptualise how the world could be different and the inner confidence and motivation to make it happen.  They need to be able to take risks and fail confidently. To do this young people need to enjoy learning, know how to seek out relevant information, apply knowledge and skills in new and imaginative ways and try out ideas in real world situations where they can observe real outcomes and receive generative critical feedback.

Once again, the policy makers have it wrong. How can you gather policymakers to discuss innovation in education without teachers and their professional associations?

Once again, the policy makers have it wrong. How can you gather policymakers to discuss innovation in education without teachers and their professional associations?

Over 350 innovative projects have been funded through this initiative, which focuses on improving teaching and learning in schools in the areas of science, technology and mathematics.

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it.

Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says.

Congress considers additional funding for research and development work focused on applying technology to improve education.

The Innovation Exchange is a programme where innovators from the third sector, public servants and social investors can collaborate to tackle specific social problems together.