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20 February 2012 Last updated at 14:00 ET

Breaking away With fees rising and horizons widening, UK students are switching to US universities Yale and Harvard football game

Screen test Coming to a screen near you. Online lessons create a global classroom Student looking at a computer screen

Winning lesson The first global education 'laureate' issues a challenge on fairness Brac school in South Sudan

Torch bearers New York's iZone project wants to re-invent a school for changing times Statute of Liberty

Bridging the Gulf Flagship UK educational technology show moves to Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi

Double barrier One in three of the children missing out on education around the world has a disability Mukonde, Zambia

Digital text books South Korea's schools are switching to a digital curriculum Classroom, Gwesan, South Korea

Rising star How Chinese cities are winning the race to have the highest-performing schools Shanghai child and flag

Global best school buildings What difference can building design make to the quality of education? Tuomarilan kindergarten, Espoo, Finland

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