The Latest Breaking News from PISA

A review of the English school curriculum is currently underway. The review’s recently released interim report makes clear that the current education system is not working well for all young people – in particular those with special educational needs and from more deprived backgrounds.

There is a persistent gender gap in Australian schools. Boys, on average, outperform girls in maths.

New arrivals are set to push the population to 72.5 million but the numbers matter less than how well people fit in once here

Italian authorities seized more than 2,000 counterfeit pieces attributed to some of the biggest names in art.

Careful with comparisons. A close look shows skewed figures – and a troubling picture of childhood in the Netherlands, says Netherlands-based journalist Senay Boztas

One in five students say they have been made fun of by peers as experts warn classroom disorder is leading to poorer school outcomes

Improving schools is first challenge for new first minister, Vaughan Gething, as IFS study shows lower attainment is not due to poverty

Coalition government to slim down school curriculum after cramming of subjects under previous nationalist administration

The most meaningful information to come out of the Pisa assessment is the revelation that Australian kids don’t give a shit about it

Exclusive: OECD data on students’ motivation and sense of belonging at school calls into question validity of national rankings, experts say

Every three years, an early Christmas gift arrives for the global education community from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Programme for International Student Assessments (Pisa) is an international test in which 15 year olds are tested on their knowledge and skills.