In Chile students have set up their own bodies to challenge the government

Local parents and the British Humanist Association have failed in a High Court bid to block proposals for two new Catholic schools.

As a new scheme launches to get poorer pupils into leading schools, we should accept there are better ways to broach Etonian privilege than calling for its destruction

Two more state schools rated “good” or “outstanding” by the education standards watchdog Ofsted are under threat as a result of a flagship academy’s expansion plans.

One of the country’s leading swimming clubs could be left homeless after a council announced plans to close a city centre pool to save money.

A 6ft 4in thug who attacked a pensioner was left with a dislocated shoulder after his victim floored him with two right hooks.

Four hundred primary schools that are judged to be among the weakest in England and Wales are to be taken out of the control of their local authorities and turned into academy schools, David Cameron has announced.

In hindsight, the hate-figure of the permissive era put tough questions to her time, and ours.

Rights groups accused China of tightening security in restive Tibetan areas after a wave of self-immolation protests cast a shadow over the Communist Party congress in Beijing. Despite growing international calls for an independent inquiry, China said it would refuse to allow foreign observers into Tibet to investigate human rights abuses.

The electorate of Sandy-battered Staten Island had every excuse not to vote yesterday, yet still these "forgotten borough" residents came to the polls in their droves.

Thousands of children are to be given the chance to stage a Shakespeare play in a theatre to mark the 450th anniversary of the Bard's birth in 2014.

Parents want teachers to ban their children leaving school premises at lunchtime to stop them buying unhealthy snacks or takeaways, according to research published today.

Josiah Rosa is a 21st-century nomad, following Twitter updates and text messages in search of one thing: gas.

When I was not quite 15, my dad, who was the kindest of fathers, decided that I should learn what 'real' work meant. He was a trade union leader, head of what is now the PCS – the Public and Commercial Services Union – having come to that brand of socialism via a youthful commitment to communism. His particular union served that branch of the public sector which included office cleaners. Indeed, it was his proud boast that he had been responsible for unionising the public sector cleaners.