Teacher burnout and thinning substitute teacher rolls combined with the continuing fallout of the winter surge is pushing public school leaders to the brink of desperation. Lawmakers are responding by temporarily rewriting hiring rules.
Education is key to provide all citizens not only with an understanding of the science behind the climate crisis but also its socio-demographic, political and moral implications, writes Andreas Schleicher, OECD.
What impact will climate change have on our educational institutions in the next decade? Are our research and innovation systems prepared for an era of global, open and internet intensive science? What does it mean for schools that our societies are becoming more individualistic and diverse? (pdf)
I Tyskland har skolpersonal hamnat i skottlinjen för den infekterade debatten om coronarestriktioner och vaccin. Rektorn René Mounajed, som arbetar i Niedersachsen, säger att personal som uppmuntrat elever att vaccinera sig hotats med polisanmälan.