https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Amid a national reading-crisis and poor Pisa scores for school-age children across Europe, one school library in Denmark has managed to more than double the number of borrowed books and increase the joy of reading among kids. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260914/how-a-danish-library-got-kids-back-into-reading Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:26:56 +0200 how-a-danish-library-got-kids-back-into-reading The Aula school communications app, much-loved (or should that be hated?) by parents of school-aged children in Denmark, could be no more after calls to abolish it from the governing Moderate Party. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260917/danish-moderates-plan-to-abolish-school-communication-platform-aula Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:08:35 +0200 danish-moderates-plan-to-abolish-school-communication-platform-aula Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced plans to introduce a "total ban" on mobile phones and other smart devices in Danish schools. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260910/danish-government-to-introduce-total-ban-on-phones-in-school Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:29:47 +0200 danish-government-to-introduce-total-ban-on-phones-in-school Denmark's education minister Magnus Heunicke has assured parents that schools in Denmark are safe after the third of the three boys arrested on Monday for planning a terror attack on a school in Jutland was placed in pre-trial detention. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260806/denmark-education-minister-says-schools-safe-after-foiled-terror-attack Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:06:52 +0200 denmark-education-minister-says-schools-safe-after-foiled-terror-attack During the month of June, Danish towns are overtaken by jubilant young adults wearing assorted styles of graduation caps (studenterhuer). The Local brings you a guide to what the caps mean, their history and significance. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160629/studenterhuen-denmark-whats-all-the-noise-about Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:31:46 +0200 studenterhuen-denmark-whats-all-the-noise-about Denmark is planning to ban smartphones in schools, and health authorities across the Nordic countries have issued guidance on children's screen use. What rules and recommendations are now in place? https://www.thelocal.dk/20250228/how-the-nordic-countries-are-tackling-the-scourge-of-screens Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:29:44 +0100 how-the-nordic-countries-are-tackling-the-scourge-of-screens A new Danish committee comprising health authorities, organisations, universities and businesses is to work to improve conditions for the teaching of foreign languages in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250122/national-committee-wants-more-foreign-languages-at-danish-schools Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:00:19 +0100 national-committee-wants-more-foreign-languages-at-danish-schools School students in Copenhagen can expect a significant change when they return after the autumn break, after the city government backed a move to ban social media in classrooms. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241018/copenhagen-schools-block-students-from-social-media Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:46:20 +0200 copenhagen-schools-block-students-from-social-media Authorities in Denmark have required school leaderships to intervene against violence and harassment aimed at teachers on scores of occasions in recent years. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240619/danish-watchdog-discovers-violent-harassment-of-teachers-at-46-schools Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:35:14 +0200 danish-watchdog-discovers-violent-harassment-of-teachers-at-46-schools Being bilingual can help children to prosper academically when they are encouraged at school and at home, an expert told The Local. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240614/a-superpower-how-being-bilingual-can-help-kids-thrive-in-danish-schools Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:13:08 +0200 a-superpower-how-being-bilingual-can-help-kids-thrive-in-danish-schools Socioeconomic status and whether Danish is spoken at home are both factors when it comes to school performance among students with immigrant backgrounds, the authors of a Danish report have concluded. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240613/kids-who-dont-speak-danish-at-home-may-find-school-harder-report Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:52:18 +0200 kids-who-dont-speak-danish-at-home-may-find-school-harder-report New research has been published placing Copenhagen as one of the cheapest cities in the world for international school fees. The result is no surprise, by why are private international school costs so low in a relatively expensive country like Denmark? https://www.thelocal.dk/20240612/why-copenhagen-is-one-of-the-cheapest-cities-in-the-world-to-attend-international-school Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:06:36 +0200 why-copenhagen-is-one-of-the-cheapest-cities-in-the-world-to-attend-international-school An expert group in Denmark has recommend the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT in examinations at the country’s schools and colleges. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240424/how-ai-could-be-used-for-future-exams-in-danish-schools Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:03:55 +0200 how-ai-could-be-used-for-future-exams-in-danish-schools The Danish government has announced a plan to reform the country’s state schools (folkeskoler). What is in the plan and how will it change lessons at schools in Denmark? https://www.thelocal.dk/20240320/what-is-in-denmarks-plan-to-reform-state-schools Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:08:58 +0100 what-is-in-denmarks-plan-to-reform-state-schools School students are to have lessons to help them understand online technology as part of a broader plan to update Denmark’s digital strategies, the Digitisation Ministry announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240208/denmark-to-teach-tech-at-schools-as-part-of-new-digital-strategy Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:43:36 +0100 denmark-to-teach-tech-at-schools-as-part-of-new-digital-strategy Denmark’s Social Liberal (Radikale Venstre) party wants to introduce free school meals for all children in a move it says would help support vulnerable families. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240205/danish-party-wants-free-school-meals-for-kids Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:42:26 +0100 danish-party-wants-free-school-meals-for-kids Dozens of local authorities in Denmark have been ordered to make sure that data sharing through use of Google on school computers complies with privacy rules. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240130/danish-municipalities-failed-to-protect-kids-data-on-school-laptops Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:53:31 +0100 danish-municipalities-failed-to-protect-kids-data-on-school-laptops Upper Secondary School (Gymnasium) pupils in Denmark could be kept from using devices during lessons, while colleges are advised to block access to ‘irrelevant’ websites in new guidelines released Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231211/close-computers-during-lessons-danish-school-students-to-be-kept-offline-in-class Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:48:55 +0100 close-computers-during-lessons-danish-school-students-to-be-kept-offline-in-class The latest report on reading, writing and science skills by the OECD’s PISA programme appears to show declining levels amongst 15-year-old school students in Denmark. What lessons can be taken from the report? https://www.thelocal.dk/20231206/five-things-the-pisa-report-tells-us-about-danish-school-education Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:59:04 +0100 five-things-the-pisa-report-tells-us-about-danish-school-education Absence rates among school children in Denmark remain are at 10 percent for one in five children, a slight decrease compared to the previous school year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231110/one-in-five-children-at-danish-schools-has-10-percent-absence Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:00:27 +0100 one-in-five-children-at-danish-schools-has-10-percent-absence