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Bullying declines nationwide

The numbers of Norwegian children and youth who suffer bullying at school have declined, according to a new survey of 440,000 school students from...

More school closures loom

Teenagers' tears and strong local protests didn't stop a majority of Innlandet county politicians from deciding on Wednesday to shut down six schools and...

Local mayor declares ‘war’ on his county’s proposed school closures

Norway's generally polite political system was up in arms this week, after the mayor of the small and historic mountain town of Lom literally...

‘Russ’ partying ‘out of control’

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is cracking down on Norway's high school graduation party season known as russ. Alarmed over how pornography, drugs and...

Teachers’ strike spreads again

Another 3,000 teachers walked out of their classrooms in Norway this week, as a strike over pay and a lack of fully credentialed teachers...

Teachers strike set to expand again

Around 1,300 teachers were on strike in 17 cities and townships around Norway, just as the first full week of school was getting underway....

Strikes threaten first days of school

All three of Norway's large teachers' unions have voted to take some of their members out on strike when school starts later this month....

Thousands more head out on strike

More than 20,000 public sector employees, many of them teachers and nurses, are now on strike in Norway after municipal employers refused to take...

Assaulted teacher loses compensation claim

Norway's Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from an Oslo high school teacher who was assaulted by a student in his classroom....

Norway cancels written exams

Norway's Ministry of Education has decided to cancel all written exams at the junior high- and high school level. It remained unclear whether oral...
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