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Which European country has the best young readers?

Find out how your country fared in a new global reading and literacy ranking of year four students

France

France steps back from gender-neutral language

Édouard Philippe’s move follows complaints that a drive for equality is putting the French language in ‘mortal danger’.

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Car crashes into Sydney classroom, killing two children

Two children are dead and three others seriously hurt after a vehicle crashed into a classroom in Sydney, Australia

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Becoming an entrepreneur: child play

Find out how children in Estonia learn about becoming an entrepreneur through role-play and games.

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Undocumented Afghan refugees get a chance at school in Iran

A milestone decree sees Iran open its schools to all refugee children, even the undocumented ones

United Kingdom

Universities asked to reveal names of Brexit professors and what they teach

Conservative politician wants to know what professors are saying to students about the EU.

Netherlands

#dearcatcallers: Woman takes selfies with men that heckle or ask for sex in the street

Noa Jansma, a 20-year-old student from Amsterdam, experienced everything from wolf-whistling to being asked for sex

USA

Toddler shoots two playmates at US daycare centre

Two three-year olds are in a critical condition after an incident in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Is Europe really falling out of love with English?

Jean-Claude Juncker claimed English was losing its importance in Europe - did he have a point?

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia withdraws school textbook over picture of Yoda

How did the Star Wars character make it into the photograph?

USA

South Carolina fifth graders asked to justify actions of K.K.K.

The 10-year-olds were given a homework assignment that read: “You are a member of the K.K.K.. Why do you think your treatment of African-Americans is justified?”

Jordan

'TIGER Girls`getting young Syrian refugee women back to school

With many Syrian refugee girls being forced into marriage or worse by hardship in Jordanian camps, the "TIGER Girls" NGO is getting them back to school.

Poland

Poland rips up school system in rapid reform

Changes made in 1999 are being reversed as the government closes 'unequal' junior high schools.

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Oxford, Cambridge top world university rankings

Oxford held on to first place for the second year in a row in the latest Times Higher Education ranking, while Cambridge rose from fourth to second.

Iran

Iran bans teachers with acne, unsightly moles and dental problems

Rules also exclude women with facial hair or fertility problems from classrooms

United Kingdom

Taliban target Malala Yousafzai wins place at Oxford University

Malala, 17, was shot in the head in 2012 by a Taliban gunman. Now she's got a place at one of the world's most prestigious universities.

Germany

Report find sexual abuse at one of Germany's most famous Catholic boys' choir schools

547 pupils at Germany's most famous Catholic boys' choir schools, Regensburger Domspatzen, were physically or sexually abused over a 60-year period, according to a report.

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Who are the Erasmus programme's famous alumni?

Established in 1987, the Erasmus programme offers university students the opportunity to study in a foreign country and to have the exams that they completed abroad recognised on their return.

France

What is the bac?

Held up as a gold standard amongst qualifications for school leavers, what is the French bac?

Germany

German school evacuated after child brings in bomb

A kindergarten near Frankfurt was evacuated today after a child found a World War Two bomb, and brought it to class