A Swedish school has admitted that a rune stone it advertised for sale last week – causing much media excitement – was faked as part of an exercise in source criticism. Read the full story

A six-year-old Swedish boy has been stabbed in the neck at a preschool after becoming the target of bullies for liking pink, nail polish and ballet. Read the full story

Head teachers should personally authorise visits to their schools from religious representatives and groups and they should ensure that suitable alternative arrangements are made for students who do not take part. This is the conclusion of an Icelandic education ministry report conducted as part of a Europe-wide human rights convention. Read the full story

Schoolgirls in Sweden are tearing their hair out over homework and exams more than boys, according to a new report. Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyran) revealed the results of a study this week that suggest female students get far more stressed than their male counterparts. Read the full story

A fundraising balloon, released at a village fete in the UK, has been found by a family in Norway, more than 600 miles from home. The blue balloon was sent on its long journey from North Somerset by 10-year-old Beccy Filer in a bid to raise money to buy equipment for her school. Read the full story

Soft drink manufacturer Pepsi has announced plans to withdraw its high-calorie soda drinks from across the world’s schools by 2012. Read the full story

A Danish school has declared that it is pursuing a course of full implementation of distance learning, something that is currently common for only isolated classes in many educational institutions in that country. Read the full story

A school in Odense on the Danish island of Funen has prohibited students from speaking in their own languages during break time. Read the full story

Disabilities rights advocates and health workers alike have been angered by a southern Swedish school principal who claims that anorexia and dyslexia are fabricated diseases. Read the full story

Iceland’s spending on education amounted to 8 percent of GDP in 2006, putting the country in the top spot for OECD countries spending most on education. The OECT average was 6.1 percent and the global average was 5.7 percent. Read the full story