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Debate flies around winter holiday week

Oslo schools are closed this week, and others around the country are also taking a week off at this time of year for Norway's so-called vinterferie...

Sleepy students lobby for later school start

Both teachers and their students are urging a change in school hours that will allow classes to start later in the morning, between 9-10am for...

Students protest cancellation of school’s ball

A group of students at a junior high school in suburban Oslo are outraged after their principal cancelled next year's annual school ball. It's traditionally held...

Threatened school reopened after all

UPDATED: Authorities in Oslo had considered keeping the Grünerløkka elementary school closed for as long as 10 days, after receiving what TV2.no reported were more "concrete...

More threats close Oslo school once again

An elementary school in Oslo was closed once again on Monday, after threats were made against it via social media. Police, city, and school...

Uproar over private school funding

Students feel cheated, the state auditor general is upset, the Parliament has called a disciplinary hearing and Norway's education minister, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, is now fighting...

Crown Prince defends his Dignity

Norway's Crown Prince Haakon is fending off criticism from teachers, students, media commentators and even a few psychologists who haven't embraced the so-called "Dignity Days" he introduced into...

Schools accused of ‘shallow’ teaching

Norwegian schools have been charged with offering "shallow or superficial" instruction, failing to motivate students and spending too little time building up students' skills...

Thousands marched against bullying

Several thousand parents, children and concerned citizens including the prime minister marched in a torchlight demonstration through the streets of Oslo and several other Norwegian...

Teachers won as strike finally ends

UPDATED: A nationwide teachers' strike that severely disrupted the start of the new school year is over, reported Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) Monday morning. Teachers...
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