Damning Report Forces German Rethink on Education
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Ten-year-old Germans chatter and fidget like children in any classroom, seemingly unaware that they will soon be segregated by an education system with profound implications for their lives.
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A long-simmering debate in Germany about banning violent computer games is burning again after an aloof teenager on Monday stormed his former high school, shot five people and later killed himself.
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A study suggests 34,000 children could be learning out of school - but warns on lack of reliable information.
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With jobs scarce, the economy stagnant and cherished social programs chopped, a surprising number of Germans have reached the same conclusion: that 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall became an ...
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Fear of a Black Hat The German government this week published proposals to modernise the country's computer hacking laws.â¦
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An official report suggesting that French children should be forced to learn English in school from the age of eight has provoked an outcry among nationalists, teachers and unions.
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Crackers Updates to Germany's computer crime laws banning so-called "hacking tools" have been criticised as ill-considered and counterproductive.â¦
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An improvement plan for Wales' worst performing schools and classrooms is drawn up.
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Peter Hartz, as chairman of a commission to overhaul Germany's economy, became synonymous with far-reaching, often unpopular, reforms.
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Stress levels are poisoning attitudes towards education, General Teaching Council says.
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The German government has come up with a new idea for plugging the gaping hole in its public finances and rein in its budget deficit, the daily Die Welt reported.
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Germany fears further attacks on its troops in northern Afghanistan like the one that killed three of its soldiers on May 19, according to a foreign office report seen by a German newspaper.
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One year before the new spelling rules become finalized, German intellectuals are contesting the change.
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GCSEs and A-levels should be scrapped and replaced by a single diploma, according to a report. Do you agree?
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German leaders on Friday scrapped a proposal to create an extra working day by moving the holiday marking German reunification, bowing to a swell of criticism that the government had lost respect for the nation's history.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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The former East Germany is being drained of young women, leaving disillusioned young men behind, a study says.