School

According to Berlin's Senate Administration of Education, the new school year was prepared well. But there are several challenges. An increase of the number of students is one of them. There have not been this many new first-graders in decades.

In most of Germany's federal states, the Easter vacation just ended. It's back to school for some 370,000 pupils in Berlin alone. Masks will not be needed…

After the first week of school, more than 200 schoolchildren in Berlin turned out to be infected with the Coronavirus. Eighty-three of them were identified in…

In Brandenburg province, the summer vacations are almost over. On August 9th, all schools will reopen. The government in Potsdam just made masks compulsory for schoolkids in all grades.

After the fall vacation, some 360,000 students are supposed to return to Berlin's schools on Monday. Many of them will have to get used to new rules.

In Germany's largest federal state North Rhine-Westphalia, some 1.9 million kids went back to school on Wednesday. By the end of the week, 12 schools were…

On Monday morning, the usual 6-week summer vacation ended in Berlin. It did not take long until Corona hit several schools.

Reopening the schools in a federal state with low Corona numbers was going to be easy as pie. Just apply a few rules and go ahead. What could go wrong?

In Berlin, one thing is certain: August 10th is coming closer, the first school day after the summer vacations. But will the new Corona rules serve their…

Two expatriate teachers in Berlin found the best way to convey the message about Corona rules to school children. They produced a Rap video entitled 'Covid Who!?'.