Freedom for schools to teach what they want! Now that's a novel idea from the Liberal Democrats. EducationGuardian.co.uk | Schools special reports | Playing the name game

An OECD call to subordinate European schooling more effectively to the needs of Capital. As always this is put in the context of an international Darwinian struggle for the survival of the fittest. Somehow It is always done better in 'other' countries; a line of argument used at least since the 1880s. Moreover, if schooling is too bound up with social class divisions, shouldn't the first priority be to reduce those divisions? BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Europe's skills fall behind Asia