John Clare on teaching and learning Latin.

Divers are to search a river in Ecuador for a 17-year-old schoolboy who went missing on a three-week school trip.

Academies are achieving mixed results, with many suffering from poor pupil discipline, bullying and badly designed buildings, according to a report.

Jay Wright’s pupils thought his attire so desperately uncool they nominated him for a national worst-dressed award teacher.

The University of Greenwich has launched a new Masters degree in international business in China in a bid to prepare students for the UK’s growing export links with China.

With electronic school admissions, local authorities are showing other branches of government how to get on online, writes SA Mathieson.

Unless all faith schools are abolished, Britain will never be truly egalitarian, nor will our multi-ethnic society be secure enough to be worth celebrating, says Stuart Jeffries.

Details of what teenagers will study in the new specialist diplomas have been disclosed.

The old gunslinger pulls out his trusty baby stroller from the loft - Tom Leonard prepares for the birth of his third child.

Six universities have denied they may offer cash discounts to students applying for places through Clearing next month.

· Independent schools say move is travesty of justice · NUT says scheme will help to redress balance

Teaching graduates are the professionals least likely to be bored at work but graduates working in marketing and sales are regularly lacking inspiration, new research shows.

Neither Einstein nor Shakespeare was original, so why are children told that’s all that matters, asks Edward Ingram.

John Clare answers your questions on selection in schools and barbaric Ofsted inspectors.