Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the world's top universities, has revealed its first fully automated, accredited course which can be studied without charge.

Parents are worrying that a shortage of places is creating "supersize" primary schools, according to the Netmums website.

How decisions are made about taking children into care

Students are better at cracking jokes and making friends than taking risks and managing time, research suggests.

The head teacher of a school at the centre of a row over attempts to make it become an academy quits after the school was put in special measures.

Millions of British children have never been to an art gallery, theatre or stage show, a study shows.

England should look north of the border for answers to the problem of poor maths skills, says a report.

A project is to look at whether following a set of systematic movements for 10 minutes a day in class can boost pupils' results.

The head teacher who criticised multiculturalism

Radical improvements to England's education system are needed, says the head of Ofsted, as he announces that a quarter of all schools in England rated outstanding will be re-examined.

Parents should teach their children about the risk of paedophiles, a minister has said as he defended plans to ease Criminal Records Bureau checks.

The number of children referred into care in England hits a record high, after rising steadily in the years since the Baby P case.

UK parents should be able to spread the cost of childcare over as many as 20 years, according to a think tank.

University-based training courses for secondary school teachers are facing an uncertain future, after hundreds were identified as "potentially unviable".

Business Secretary Vince Cable is in a political stand off after his nomination for the university access chief was turned down by MPs.

Figures from the Department of Education suggest that more than 450,000 extra primary school places will be needed by September 2015.

The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy.

A teacher is reprimanded after comments about drinking and parties appeared on her Facebook site and were viewed by pupils.

Can yoga kill you? Science journalist William Broad and Pierre Bibby, chief executive of the British Wheel of Yoga, discuss.

A group of academics and authors has written to the Telegraph to criticise the "schoolification" of early childhood, suggesting instead there should be more focus on imagination, play and physical development.