Sweden's schools have climbed back after a sharp drop in the global Pisa education ranking a few years ago, with results in mathematics, reading and science all above the OECD average.
Deregulation and freedom of choice have hurt Sweden's schools according to one of the people in charge of the global Pisa education ranking, but it is still possible for the country to turn things around and become a world leader in education, he believes.
Sweden's schools have showed signs of recovery in the latest edition of the global Pisa education ranking, with results in mathematics, reading and science now at or above the OECD average for all three subjects.
The Local speaks to Sweden's education minister Gustav Fridolin on how the Swedish government hopes a new name for the autumn holidays will stop education in the country from faltering.
Record immigration to Sweden has played a "small but not insignificant" role in national school test scores tumbling, according to Skolverket, the Swedish National Agency for Education.
Swedes have the fifth best literacy in the world and their Nordic neighbours are claiming the top four spots above them in a new ranking that follows years of research by US academics.
Swedish small and medium sized companies are lagging behind their competitors in Europe and further afield when it comes to innovation, according to a fresh report.
After the new coalition announced plans to extend Sweden's compulsory schooling until the age of 18, The Local asked two Swedes at high school if they agreed with the idea.
Half of Swedish teachers would not choose the same profession if given the choice again, a new study revealed, and only five percent think their work is appreciated.
After Sweden's students tumbled in the latest Pisa rankings, a new review suggests that due to a rigorous schedule of testing elsewhere, the students were too tired to care.
As another dismal Pisa report leaves parents up in arms and policymakers fretting, The Local’s David Landes tells of a recent letter from a teacher that helps explain why Swedish students can’t solve problems.
A new Pisa education report about children's problem solving abilities has seen Sweden drop below the OECD average again. Swedish kids scored the poorest marks among children in the Nordic countries.
The Swedish government said on Monday that Swedish school children should be graded from year four when students are around ten years old, cutting the current grading norm by two years.
Sweden's education minister on Tuesday said parents had to stop blaming teachers for their children's behaviour, and appointed a commission to get to grips with decorum.
Teacher salaries in Sweden are lower than in countries with higher–performing schools, according to an extra OECD evaluation requested by the government on the heels of Sweden's dismal performance in the latest Pisa rankings.
The Swedish government is set to assemble a panel of foreign experts to get to grips with the ailing Swedish schools, the education minister announced on Tuesday.
In an open letter to the Swedish education minister, Lund high schooler <b>Saga Ringmar</b> asks him not to fear China, despite Shanghai beating Sweden by 37 places on the recent Pisa ranking. Her test-loving school in Shanghai left her disillusioned and her kid sister depressed.
Tardy students, chaos, crumbling knowledge, mobile phones in the classroom. It's no wonder Swedish pupils are performing badly in global education rankings, argues liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji. The issue could come to dominate next year's elections.
Over 60 percent of Swedes think schools should once again be controlled by the state amid a debate about school choice following Sweden's poor showing in the OECD's Pisa rankings.
Scientists in Sweden have reacted to the country's slide in global education ranking Pisa, pointing out that Swedish boys are now under-performing not only their female peers, but are less apt than male teens in other OECD countries.
Sweden's education minister on Tuesday blamed the country's fall from grace in the Pisa global education ranking on municipalities' "lack of competence", saying his government should have nationalized the schools already seven years ago.
Swedish pupils' poor results in the latest global Pisa education ranking, released on Tuesday, has pushed Sweden below the OECD average in maths, reading comprehension, and natural sciences.
