Tag: schools
Norway to try more flexible school start
Schools are opening all over the country this week, with lots of six-year-olds probably the most excited or anxious as they enter the first...
Climate strikers defy adults’ scoldings
They were out early in front of the Parliament on Friday, and some had camped overnight. As thousands also gathered all over the country...
Violence rising at primary schools
Armed police and emergency health care personnel responded swiftly to calls of a "threatening situation" involving a knife at a primary school in Oslo...
School climate strikes spread
Elementary, high school and college students in Norway are joining their counterparts abroad in shirking school on Fridays, to rally for the climate and...
Teens suspected of vandalism in Trondheim
Four Trondheim teenagers, two boys and two girls aged 14 and 15, are suspected of being behind a wave of extensive vandalism at local...
‘No discrimination’ of Muslim teacher
Norway's state anti-discrimination board has ruled that an Oslo school did not discriminate against a Muslim man when it refused to renew his substitute...
More heads may roll in the Oslo schools
Terje Moen, deputy leader of the Norwegian labour organization representing school employees, thinks more top city employees in charge of education in Oslo should...
Boycott threatened youths’ fundraiser
Thousands of Norwegian junior high- and high school students were taking part once again on Thursday in the annual fundraiser called Operasjon Dagsverk (OD),...
Oslo schools caught in power struggle
An unusually nasty power struggle over control of Norway's largest school district now threatens to topple Oslo's entire city government. The struggle pits longtime...
‘Russ’ culture taken over by business
Horror stories about Norwegian high school seniors called "russ" going amok in southern climes this summer have been dominating local media. Calls are now...
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