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Children who play alone may not be lonely, study finds

What matters may not be how much time a child spends alone, but whether they still feel they belong.

Economy

Off sick for up to ten years: What lies behind Germany's teacher shortage

At the start of the new school year, many German schools face an acute staffing crisis, with teachers missing in several subjects and lengthy sick leave further tightening an already tense situation.

Tech News

Denmark tightens rules to curb AI cheating in secondary schools

The new Danish measures include oral defences for written take-home exams, and monitoring tools for screen-use during in-school written tests.

Thailand

Eight dead, including suspect's grandparents, in Thailand shooting

Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation, one for every seven inhabitants.

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Tech News

Younger children who use social media get worse grades, study finds

Being on social media from an early age is linked to weaker performances in Italian and maths, yet the same cannot be said for English, the study finds.

Europe in Motion

Too hot to study: Will heatwaves impact school summer holidays?

School summer holidays can last up to 14 weeks in the EU. However, the recurrence of heatwaves has pressed member states to consider ways for schools to adapt their calendars in the face of extreme heat.

Europe News

German teacher ill for 17 years fights in court for full salary

A teacher in North Rhine-Westphalia has been on sick leave on full pay since 2009. Now, at 62, she is to be retired, but is challenging this in court as fraud investigations run in parallel.

Cinema

The Odyssey: From classroom and stage to Christopher Nolan's epic

Students are asked to analyse Odysseus’s intelligence in relation to his physical strength and to decide whether killing the suitors is a just act.

Europe News

Sixteen-year-old arrested over Bavaria school attack, police say

Police said people should avoid the area following the incident in Schongau, a town just north of the Alps of some 12,000 inhabitants.

Health news

French power utility pledges €80mn to cooling schools and nurseries

France’s state-owned power utility Électricité de France (EDF) will invest €80 million to equip schools, nurseries and daycare centers with cooling systems as the country faces increasingly severe heatwaves.

Climate

How Europe’s record-breaking heatwave is shutting down daily life

Temperatures are expected to surge into the high-30s in many places as Europe faces its second heatwave in the space of a month.

Europe in Motion

Education: Where in the EU has the most early school dropouts?

The number of young Europeans leaving education early is falling, but geography and employment prospects still shape the picture. How do EU countries compare with each other?

Climate

French schools could change exam times due to extreme heat

Baccalaureate 2026 is in session today – but exam timing could look very different in the future.

Europe News

Three children dead after car ploughs into Dutch school cycling group

The accident happened near the village of Vogelwaarde, close to the Belgian border, and the ages of the children involved are not currently known.

Kenya

Fire rips through Kenya girls' school dormitory, killing at least 16

There have been many devastating school fires in Kenya, where boarding schools are common as a colonial legacy of missionaries and British rule.

Europe News

Four dead and two injured after train hits school bus in Belgium

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear and an investigation has been opened, the public prosecutor's office said.

Europe News

Sexual abuse in Paris after-school care: Youth worker on trial

The trial on Tuesday is the second since revelations of sexual abuse in Paris after-school services, amid a widening scandal with probes at more than 110 institutions since the start of the year.

Gaza

Gaza students sit exams in tents as nearly all schools lie in ruins

With 658,000 children locked out of classrooms for two consecutive years, Gaza's official secondary exams begin next month. Teachers and students told Euronews what it means to prepare without textbooks, chairs — or walls.

Nutrition

Free school meals linked to fewer suspensions, study finds

Scientists say universal free school meals can reduce out‐of‐school suspensions in both elementary and secondary schools. Which European countries offer free school meals?

Turkey

Nine dead and 13 injured in second school shooting in Turkey this week

It comes a day after an ex-student opened fire at his former high school in Siverek in southern Şanlıurfa province, wounding 16 people including students before killing himself in a showdown with police.