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May 28, 2012
Gymnasium
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School burns in Tensta teenager unrest
National: 17 May 12
Eight teenagers were arrested on Wednesday night on suspicion of offences including throwing stones at police, vandalism and setting fire to a school in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta.
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One in ten Swedish teen girls 'forced' into sex
Society: 11 May 12
One in ten female high school students in Sweden has been coerced to take part in some sort of sexual act, according to a new study from Linköping University.
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'Lower Sweden's youth wages': minister
Politics: 11 Mar 12
When education minister and Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund spoke at the party's congress in Västerås, he brought up youth unemployment as well as the hotly debated Saudi arms factory deal.
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Sweden to cut dropout rate by shortening school
Education: 10 Feb 12
The government is hoping to reduce the number of Swedish high school dropouts by offering a shorter course of study for students who "lack the prerequisites" to finish high school, angering opposition politicians.
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Outrage over 'World of Warcraft' high school
Education: 3 Sep 11
A Stockholm-area high school has come in for stinging criticism after a spot inspection revealed students playing World of Warcraft for hours uninterrupted and using an X-Box gaming console as a substitute for gym class.
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Teaching vacancies jump in Sweden
Education: 14 Jul 11
The number of advertised vacancies for teaching jobs in Sweden has leapt 25 percent over the past year, new figures show, with unions arguing that low salaries are to blame.
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Green Party hopes to lure Swedish youth back to school
Education: 3 Jul 11
One in four Swedes leave their teenage years behind without completing high school, costing society six billion kronor ($957 million) per annum, according to the Green Party, who want to facilitate a return to the school desk.
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Wrong to sack principal over 'lewd' Facebook pics: Swedish court
Education: 23 Jun 11
A Swedish court has ruled that a school was unjustified in sacking its principal after he joined a number of sexually themed groups on Facebook and published half-naked pictures of himself on the popular social networking site.
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Gothenburg football legend robbed of ball
Sport: 3 Jun 11
The statue of legendary Swedish footballer Gunnar Gren was overthrown and robbed of its football on Wednesday night, in what is suspected to be a student prank.
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Immigrant children shortchanged by Swedish schools
Education: 24 May 11
Immigrant children who arrive in Sweden during the school year don’t get the education they deserve due to schools' inability to address their individual needs, according to Sweden education watchdog.
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Sweden to add truancy to school report cards
Education: 11 May 11
Despite criticism from several quarters, truancy will be displayed in the grade reports of all school children in Sweden, minister for education Jan Björklund has decided.
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Swedish school slammed after 'homo sin' claim
Education: 4 May 11
A independently-run Christian school in Stockholm has been criticised by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate after being reported for presenting homosexuality as a sin in its teaching.
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Sweden fails its Roma minority: report
National: 8 Apr 11
As Europe marks International Roma day, Sweden has once again come in for criticism from the Council of Europe for not living up to demands to protect the country's Roma population.
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Malmö schools slammed by inspectorate
Education: 8 Mar 11
Schools in Rosengård in Malmö in southern Sweden have come in for stinging criticism from the Swedish Schools Inspectorate, with more staff training and contact with home required.
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Three expelled in university scam
Education: 6 Feb 11
Gothenburg University has expelled three students after they were caught falsifying their exam entry grades. The students were taking courses in medicine, law and dentistry.
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Teaching boost urged for multicultural kids
Education: 30 Nov 10
Multilingual students at Sweden's preschools and schools are falling behind due to an inability of teachers to address their needs, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate reported on Tuesday.
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What's On in Sweden: November 19th - 25th
Lifestyle: 18 Nov 10
What’s on in Sweden: Brown and Friendly comedy in Stockholm, A Bullet For My Valentine in Gothenburg and Lady Gaga comes to Malmö.
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Sweden looks at limits for profit-making schools
Politics: 21 Oct 10
The Swedish government plans to look at disciplining profit-making schools that don't make the grade by limiting how much money they can make.
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Agency slams Swedish maths teaching
Education: 19 Oct 10
The teaching of mathematics in Swedish high schools has been broadly criticised by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate in a new report published on Tuesday.
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Sweden tries to rein in religion at free schools
Analysis & Opinion: 6 Oct 10
While Sweden’s 'free schools' have inspired education authorities in other countries to explore similar approaches, the Swedish model is not without its problems, explains contributor Nils Adler.
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Introducing the Liberals
Analysis & Opinion: 8 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Liberal Party, bidding to retain power and regain their place as third largest party in Swedish politics.
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Student wearing niqab begins teacher training
Education: 6 Sep 10
A student wearing the niqab has begun attending a teacher training course in Stockholm, more than one and a half years after another woman reported a school that would not allow her to wear the headscarf in class.
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Ten more of the Swedes' quirkiest habits
Lifestyle: 3 Sep 10
Taking inspiration from comments make by readers of The Local, US exile Doug Lansky offers up ten more distinctly Swedish habits which often give expats plenty to talk about.
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Minister proposes elite high school classes
Education: 17 Aug 10
Sweden's education minister Jan Björklund has proposed the establishment of elite high school classes to enable select pupils to pursue a chosen subject in depth, calling for an end to the conformist "Jante Law" within Swedish education.
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Class-skipping pupils targeted by new bill
Education: 2 Aug 10
Minister for Education Jan Björklund has presented a legislative proposal that would enable truancy to be displayed in the grade reports of all school goers.
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Students choosing wrong courses: report
Education: 9 Jun 10
While an increasing number of high schools compete for a declining number of students, many students are choosing the wrong schools and programs in high school, a new report shows.
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Are two languages always better than one?
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jun 10
It's a dilemma faced by many international families: will bringing up your kids as bilingual give them an edge, or set them up for mediocrity in two languages, asks Lee Martin.
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Teenage bus drivers proposed by government
National: 14 Feb 10
One of these days you may find a very young person driving a bus or taxi: 18 years old to be exact. The current minimum is 21 years.
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Swedish students falling behind in maths: study
Education: 9 Dec 09
Swedish high school students’ skills in maths and physics have declined considerably in the last decade, according to the results of an international study.
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Many Swedish students failing maths: report
Education: 12 Aug 09
More than one in ten Swedish school pupils fall below minimum standards for entering high school, according to new statistics from the Swedish Board of Education.
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Probe into school's alleged Islamic veil discrimination
National: 7 Aug 09
The Swedish Equality Ombudsman has launched a probe into a case of alleged discrimination after two women who wear veils revealing only the eyes claim they were not allowed to attend adult education classes.
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Swedes more positive to refugees: report
National: 28 Jun 09
Opposition among Swedes to accepting refugees into the country has declined, a new report shows.
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Headmaster fired after Facebook pic scandal
Society: 18 Jun 09
A high school principal who used Facebook to air his zest for sex has been forced to resign from his post.
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Failing pupils to sit extra school year
Education: 14 Jun 09
Pupils failing to graduate from compulsory level education could be forced to sit an extra year, according to a new government proposal to extend the age of mandatory school attendance.
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Swedish Pirate Ellen Söderberg is EU's youngest candidate
Analysis & Opinion: 29 May 09
Ellen Söderberg hopes she'll soon be walking the corridors of EU power. But for now she's making do with school corridors: "People think I’m more mature, some think I’m crazy, some think I’m the coolest girl in school.”
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Swedish teen tackles centuries-old numbers challenge
Science & Technology: 28 May 09
A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant in central Sweden has single-handedly figured out a formula with Bernoulli numbers that is normally reserved for much more seasoned mathematicians.
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School violence sends teacher to hospital
National: 4 Mar 09
A female teacher has been taken to hospital after a vicious fight broke out between rival factions at a high school in Vimmerby in southern Sweden on Wednesday afternoon.
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Muslim woman sues college over veil ban
Society: 12 Feb 09
A Stockholm woman has reported an adult education college in Spånga to the Equality Ombudsman (DO) after being told that she could not wear an Islamic headscarf in class.
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Swedish school pupils falling behind
Education: 31 Jan 09
Swedish pupils perform above average in international studies, the National Agency for Education has concluded. But the development is negative, a new survey commissioned by the education minister, Jan Björklund shows.
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New database ranks Sweden's high schools
Education: 23 Jan 09
Swedish students applying for admittance to the country’s high schools now have another tool to help them compare various schools following the launch on Friday of a new database.
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Swedish schools to offer 'elite' courses
Education: 15 Jan 09
Sweden’s National Agency for Education on Thursday named 10 high schools to participate in a new initiative designed to give top performing students a chance to take university-level courses.
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Renewed focus on vocational education
Politics: 1 Sep 08
The government has announced plans to devote 1.8 billion kronor ($278 million) over the next three years toward improving vocational training in Sweden.
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Swedish schoolkids under surveillance
Education: 7 Aug 08
The number of Swedish schools using security cameras to keep an eye on their pupils has skyrocketed in recent years.
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High school drop-out rate raises concerns
Society: 17 Jun 08
Although more Swedish students are graduating from high school with their high school diploma, one in ten students drops out during the first two years.
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Brainy students given a class of their own
Education: 24 May 08
Elite high school classes in social and natural science subjects are to be introduced in Sweden, the government has decided.
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New grading scale for Swedish students
Education: 6 Feb 08
The new system would allow a Swedish student to get an 'A' for exceptionally good work.
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Public think police 'doing a poor job'
National: 22 Nov 07
Police are doing a poor job at investigating crimes - particularly violence and burglary, according to a major public survey.
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Swedish pupils struggle to make grade
Society: 19 Nov 07
Increasing numbers of 16-year-olds are finding it difficult to advance to the top level of the high school system.
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Swedish schools tighten security
Society: 16 Nov 07
An increasing number of schools in Sweden have begun installing surveillance cameras to monitor pupils' behaviour.
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School slammed for gay slur
National: 14 Nov 07
A school in Stockholm with a Christian profile has received a rap on the knuckles from school authorities for teaching children that homosexuality is sinful.
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School shooting suspect remanded in custody
National: 13 Nov 07
One of the teenage boys arrested on Friday for allegedly planning to kill a headmaster of a Stockholm has been remanded in custody.
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School shooting suspect sent to clinic
National: 11 Nov 07
A teenage boy arrested on Friday for allegedly planning to kill a headmaster of a Stockholm school has been released from police custody and handed to social services.
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Boys 'planned Stockholm school shooting'
National: 9 Nov 07
Two teenage boys have been arrested in Stockholm on suspicion of conspiring to kill the headteacher of a school in the city, in an attack apparently inspired by Wednesday's shooting in Jokela, Finland.
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History to become compulsory school subject
National: 30 Oct 07
History is set to become a compulsory subject in Swedish high schools. Minister for Education Jan Björklund said that for too long history had been treated "like something the cat dragged in".
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Axe-wielding mother invades school playground
National: 3 Sep 07
A woman turned up to a school in Sweden on Monday armed with an axe and a crowbar, reportedly to defend her bullied son.
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More pupils fail to make the grade
Society: 14 Aug 07
A record number of teenagers has failed to meet the entry requirements for upper secondary school. Fewer pupils than at any time in the past ten years had good enough grades.
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Pupils' tactical choices to be stopped
National: 26 Jun 07
The government plans to tighten rules in Sweden's schools to stop students choosing easy courses to give their grades a last minute boost.
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The lowdown on high school graduation
Education: 7 Jun 07
Without any warning at all, Sweden's streets have been invaded by large groups of happy youths wearing peaked white caps and travelling around on the backs of trucks. What's going on?
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Faulty floats leave students injured
Society: 5 Jun 07
Two parade floats carrying jubilant school-leavers were involved in accidents in Stockholm on Tuesday afternoon.
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McJobs worth more than university
National: 20 Apr 07
McDonalds is lovin' it - 59 percent of personnel managers consider a job with the fast food chain more valuable for job-seekers than a term at university. The Local spoke to an economist at LO to get his views on the youth unemployment problem.
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Jobs dominate spring budget
Politics: 16 Apr 07
Finance Minister Anders Borg's spring budget meets with mixed reactions. "Irresponsible, unjust and outdated," said Pär Nuder. But business lends the budget its cautious support.
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Discipline crackdown in store for Swedish pupils
National: 26 Oct 06
Schools in Sweden will soon be authorised to give detentions to pupils who misbehave and to suspend disruptive students. We have major disciplinary problems in Swedish schools, says schools minister Jan Björklund.
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Björklund axes school reforms
Society: 11 Oct 06
Reforms to gymnasia schools planned by the former Social Democratic government are to be axed by the new government's schools minister, Jan Björklund. Teachers unions say it's good the government acted quickly.
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Persson promises 930 kronor a day to jobless
Politics: 18 Aug 06
More unemployed people will be able to claim 80 percent of their previous wage in benefits. The cost: up to 3.5 billion kronor. The plan was announced as the Social Democrats' manifesto was launched on Friday.
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New incentive for students to study 'hard' subjects
National: 13 Jun 05
More Russian and less media studies. That was the stern message to high school students from a headmasterly Leif Pagrotsky. But students could get more points for Russian if a government proposal is accepted.
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Is the Pope Catholic?
Lifestyle: 14 Jan 05
Don't ask a Swedish student. Aftonbladet reviews the religious education provided in Swedish schools and finds political correctness, political correctness and political correctness. Oh, and some amusing errors.
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"Battle of Gothenburg" police chief acquitted
National: 25 Nov 04
He built an 800 metre wall of shipping containers, deployed several hundred policemen, stormed a school and arrested 454 people who were mostly released without even being interviewed. But an appeal court finds that Håkan Jaldung did nothing wrong on that infamous day in June 2001.
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No time to party
Society: 13 Aug 04
Organisers of a Stockholm youth festival forget to check when the kids go back to school, while the schools don't have enough places for all the kids. Someone should get these people together.
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Teenage tension
Society: 14 May 04
High blood pressure, weight-obsessed, prostituting themselves - no wonder the government's making teenagers wear crash helmets.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
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