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Sweden Allocates 300 Million Kronor to Boost School Safety Measures

Before the autumn term, the government wants to strengthen school safety. Among other things, schools will be given legal opportunity to search students' bags.

Sweden Allocates 300 Million Kronor to Boost School Safety Measures

Jenny Wilson creates an opera about patriarchy

How can women break free in a world governed by men and capital? It is one of the main questions when Jenny Wilson sets her first opera, based on Elfriede Jelinek's "The Lovers". .

Jenny Wilson creates an opera about patriarchy

The Goal: More Students Keeping Up Longer

Full focus on learning to read and count properly. More emphasis on facts and less on analysis.

The Goal: More Students Keeping Up Longer

The Government's Goal: More Students Proficient in Math

Sweden is to become sharper in natural sciences and technology, and therefore the government is raising the bar. One of the goals is that at least 15 percent of elementary school students should be high-achieving in mathematics.

The Government's Goal: More Students Proficient in Math

The Liberals want more residence bans around schools

The Liberals want more people than today to be prohibited from staying near schools. People who recruit children to commit crimes are like hungry wolves, without any form of empathy.

The Liberals want more residence bans around schools

Schools to be given the right to search students' bags

The government wants to give schools the legal opportunity to search bags to detect, for example, weapons. Schools should also ensure that unauthorized persons do not gain access.

Schools to be given the right to search students' bags

The School Head: "Important to Keep Schools Open"

Örebro Municipality is keeping all its schools, except for adult education, open on Wednesday, following yesterday's mass shooting. Children and employees are receiving crisis support and several gathering places are being opened for those who need support.

The School Head: "Important to Keep Schools Open"

Ten dead in school shooting – no suspicion of terror

A dozen people have been killed in the school shooting in Örebro. The suspected perpetrator, who is believed to be among the dead, was not previously known to the police.

Ten dead in school shooting – no suspicion of terror

Proposal: Limit Advertising for Junk Food and Snacks

Limit advertising for unhealthy products in social media and limit junk food in public facilities such as swimming centers. These are some of the proposals to reverse the trend and get children and young people to eat better.

Proposal: Limit Advertising for Junk Food and Snacks

Investigation: Mother Tongue Does Not Harm Integration

There is nothing that suggests that mother tongue education affects integration or knowledge development negatively. Therefore, the government's investigator does not propose any suggestions for changing it.

Investigation: Mother Tongue Does Not Harm Integration

Study: Young people uncertain about boundaries during sex

Already in preschool, children learn "stop my body". But in their teens, something has happened, shows a study by Swedish and Norwegian researchers.

Study: Young people uncertain about boundaries during sex

Municipality pays 90,000 to bullied student

Lund Municipality pays 90,000 kronor in damages to a student who was bullied throughout their entire upper secondary school period, writes Sydsvenskan. .

Municipality pays 90,000 to bullied student

300 Million Extra for Books in School

The government grant for purchasing books in schools is increased by 300 million kronor next year – to 480 million. The government is thereby continuing its investment in increased reading time and reduced screen time.

300 Million Extra for Books in School

Investigator wants to try out extra tuition

Supplementary teaching is to be provided on a trial basis to pupils in half-classes or to a selection of pupils who are deemed to need more support, writes the government's investigator Pontus Bäckström on Dagens Nyheter's debate page. .

Investigator wants to try out extra tuition

At Least Three Dead in New School Shooting

At least three people were killed and several injured in a shooting at a Christian school in the American state of Wisconsin, report American media. .

At Least Three Dead in New School Shooting

Adult Swedes Excel in Global Knowledge Test

Adult Swedes top the list in a large international competence test. Only Finland and Japan have higher scores.

Adult Swedes Excel in Global Knowledge Test

Snow and strong winds – many households without power

Snow and gale-force winds are still holding parts of the country in their grip. School buses are being cancelled and there is chaos in traffic in several places.

Snow and strong winds – many households without power

The proposal: This is what the new vocational programs in upper secondary school will look like

Completely new and less comprehensive vocational programs – with special vocational tests. This is how the government's investigator wants to get more students to complete upper secondary school.

The proposal: This is what the new vocational programs in upper secondary school will look like

Discrimination reports increase - school criticized

The number of reports of discrimination to the Discrimination Ombudsman (DO) continues to increase. In a new report, the school receives criticism for doing too little.

Discrimination reports increase - school criticized

How digitally smart are Swedish students?

Swedish teenagers spend a large part of their lives online. In school, they are supposed to learn digital competence.

How digitally smart are Swedish students?

National Agency for Education: Weak Students Lack Math Support

Too few students who do not pass mathematics in school receive sufficient support, shows a new report from the National Agency for Education. .

National Agency for Education: Weak Students Lack Math Support

Botkyrka to introduce language testing for school staff

Botkyrka municipality introduces language tests for all staff in elementary school, reports Dagens Nyheter. As far as we know, we are the first in the country to do this, says Helena Mellström, communications officer at the education administration, to the newspaper.

Botkyrka to introduce language testing for school staff

Teaching Assistants Exposed to Violence in School

In ten years, the reports of threats and violence in school have increased by more than 150 percent. A particularly vulnerable group is the assistants who are supposed to support students and teachers in the classrooms.

Teaching Assistants Exposed to Violence in School

Almost 16,000 students failed math

The proportion of ninth-graders who do not become eligible for upper secondary school is increasing. In the cohort that left primary school in the spring, 16.

Almost 16,000 students failed math