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Firearms Discovered By Children On School Roof
On the evening of February 13, a group of children discovered wandering about Laugalækjarskóli primary school roof found a bag containing a gun, RÚV reports. The weapon was not loaded, and no ammunition was found in the bag. The school’s principal notified parents…
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Refugee Children Unable To Attend School
Ukrainian refugee children are unable to attend school in Iceland because their parents do not have the necessary identification, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]The Volcano is on (again) at Fagradalsfjall! Check out our volcano merch in the Grapevine shop: books, T-shirts, posters even socks…
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Icelandic Association of School Administrators Thinks Publishing Bullying Survey Results Unnecessary
Chairman of the Icelandic Association of School Administrators, Þorsteinn Sæberg, says that it is most important that the results of the bullying survey are used within schools and it is unnecessary for the results to be publicly released, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]Who better…
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Claims Of Human Rights Violations In Primary Schools
Claims have been levied against Icelandic primary schools for neglecting to provide appropriate educational services to students with disabilities. Claims of negligence The claims arose on a Facebook page, Sagan okkar, encouraging parents to share their experiences navigating the primary school system…
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Students Apparently Worried To Attend Spring Exams
This morning on the TV show Morgunútvarp on Channel 2, Jóhanna Ásgeirsdóttir, outgoing president of the National Association of Students and Derek Terell Allen, the future president of the association, have stated that many students wanted to attend their exams official rather…
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Attack At Reykjavík School Leaves Six Injured, One Arrested So Far
Six were sent to the emergency room and one person thus far is in police custody after three people attacked students of Borgarholtsskóli at 13:00 yesterday afternoon, Vísir reports. The attackers were reportedly armed with baseball bats and knives. None of those…
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Centre Party Wants To Increase Christianity Teaching
The Centre Party is proposing that more emphasis be placed on Christian teaching in primary schools, according to Fréttablaðið. MPs from the Centre Party, as well as Brynjar Níelsson and Ásmundur Friðriksson of the Independence Party, say that Iceland’s fundamental societal values…
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Teachers Considering Walk-Out In Response To Massive Pay Rise For MPs
Grade school teachers in Iceland are furious that members of parliament and government ministers have been granted a massive pay rise, while they have been struggling to work out a new collective bargaining agreement since last spring. As such, they are seriously…
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Independent Body To Help Prevent Harassment At Schools
Reykjavík City Council has decided to allocate an independent body to respond to harassment and bullying at schools in Reykjavík. RÚV reports that city council came together yesterday to discuss harassment at schools and how this could be prevented. This meeting was…
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Primary School Trying Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
A school in Reykjanesbær has decided to let kids decide for themselves which bathroom they use, in an effort to be more inclusive. GayIceland reports that Akurskóli primary school has removed all gender labeling from the school toilets. In addition, they have…
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Vaping Banned In Icelandic Secondary School
After numerous complaints from parents, the principal of a secondary school in Reykjavík has forbidden vaping on school property. RÚV reports that Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð, a secondary school for students aged 16 to 20, has banned the use of e-cigarettes. Principal Lárus…
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The Curious Case Of The Banned Toothbrushes
Last month, visir.is ran a story with a headline tantamount to “Children in Reykjavík not allowed to get toothbrushes,” prompting a wave of major outrage on Icelandic social media. In the aftermath, we also learned that Reykjavík children had also been barred…
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Good Ol’ Traditions
One of last week’s loudest debates has to do with next year’s State Treasury budget, which Alþingi has been debating, as tradition has it, these last days before Christmas. Among the proposed changes in taxation is the lowering of VAT on electric…
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Gideons Prevented From Giving Bibles To Children
An Icelandic primary school reversed a decision to let Gideons International distribute Bibles to students, as it violates city regulations about separation of religion and school. Vísir reports that the original plan was for representatives of the Bible company to come to…
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So What’s This Hazing I Keep Hearing About?
Like young people the world over, Icelandic youths like to humiliate younger kids for fun. This behaviour takes many forms, but the one that has been in the news lately is secondary school hazing. In Iceland, primary school ends at sixteen and…
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Iceland Has Oldest Graduates
A new OECD report on education shows that Iceland is the only place in the developed world where the average age to leave tertiary education is over 30, reports The Guardian. This does not mean that young Icelanders are shunning university however,…
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A Different Kind Of Summer School
It is a beautiful Friday morning in Hljómskálagarðurinn park. The sun shines brightly and the air is crisp. A group of 15 and 16-year-olds gather around different areas of the park, weeding, raking leaves and planting trees. They are participating in Vinnuskólinn,…
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PISA Results For Icelandic Schools Raise Questions
The results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test from Icelandic schools should not be oversimplified, an education official cautions. The results demonstrate widely varying results in Iceland’s primary schools. While Borgarskóli came out on top, Vísir reports, about half…