There is a growing trend in Germany to defer the start of school, unlike in neighbouring countries where parents are often accused of pushing their children.
A German state has banned its teachers and pupils from being friends on Facebook, stating it was not possible for them to keep a professional relationship if they could see each others photos and postings on the social network site.
A Berlin teacher was burnt to death on Sunday in a block of flats, allegedly by her boyfriend. Neighbours witnessed the woman running through the apartment covered in two-metre high flames before she died in the stairwell.
A schoolboy narrowly survived being stabbed in the chest, allegedly by a fellow 12-year-old pupil in a playground, police in North Rhine-Westphalia said on Friday.
German police swooped on a controversial religious sect and removed 40 children from their families early on Thursday, amid reports that they were being physically abused.
Chancellor Angela Merkel filled in as a school history teacher Tuesday as part of her election campaign. The one-off marked the 52nd anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall.
A third of German school pupils have fallen victim to cyber bullying, a study released on Friday revealed. Yet severe cases of online abuse were rare, researchers found.
A German state government has launched an investigation into why an entire year group failed their school leavers exams at a private school. Their teachers' qualifications are now to be checked.
There were red faces all round in a school in the western German town of Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, after six children fainted during a sex education class.
An American appeals court has denied a fundamentalist Christian family from Germany the right to asylum in the US. The family claimed they were being persecuted for not being allowed to homeschool their children.
Increasing numbers of children from migrant families are needing extra German lessons at school because their language levels are not up to scratch, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Every summer thousands of teachers are forced to survive on unemployment benefits because their contracts only run during term time, it emerged on Monday.
As 12th grade students approach their <i>Abitur</i> final examinations, schools are taking special precautions to make sure kids don’t cheat - especially since high tech advances have created other ways to do so.
A struggling western German secondary school is reportedly paying €500 ($664) to parents to enroll their children, as Germany struggles with one of Europe's lowest birthrates.
Planned nationwide public sector strikes began on Monday in Berlin as staff walked out of around 100 schools in a wage dispute. Substitute staff have, for the most part, been put in place.
German primary school children have been ranked in the upper third of a global study testing basic educational achievements – but one in five still has serious problems keeping up with his or her classmates.
Few countries have produced more acclaimed classical composers than Germany. But there are discordant signs that the home of Bach, Beethoven, Wagner and Handel could be squandering its musical heritage.
A headmaster who took part in a charity golf tournament raising money for children with cancer has been fined €2,000 for his trouble after it emerged that he skipped school to play.
German children get too much homework, have to take too many tests, and are under pressure from parents, a new study into the stress suffered by children between seven and nine suggests.
Students taking a German language exam were left giggling into their test papers after a song with sexual lyrics was used in a listening comprehension test. But teachers and some more sensitive students were outraged.
A German teacher has been suspended and moved to a different school after students discovered he had starred as a “luscious lad” in two porn films easily accessible on the internet.
A doctor who says school toilets are so disgusting that children are refusing to use them and developing health problems as a result, is trying to raise money to pay for cleaners and toilet monitors.
Teachers who have sexual relationships with students but escape punishment because their lover is not in their class could find themselves in trouble - state justice ministers want to tighten the rules.
