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Supporting teachers to use new strategies and showing children that reading can be fun are effective ways to tackle general disinterest and low reading attainment among young people in Europe.  

As of 3 June the beta version of European Commission’s new European School Education Platform is publicly available. In its initial stage the platform caters especially to eTwinning users, who will find the familiar services of Groups and TwinSpaces there, in a new format.

EdComix is an Erasmus+ project that provides comic creation resources for teachers, particularly focused on inclusive comics for English lessons.

Key spaces such as museums and exhibitions are vital for informal learning. They offer untapped potential for communicating social, cultural and scientific information, correcting misconceptions, and improving attitudes and cognitive skills. They can inspire creativity and celebrate different perspectives. However, too frequently this learning is passive, overly relying on the curator’s path and the individual’s connection.

Croatia’s online interactive programme for primary and secondary school students and their teachers brings film education into the classroom.

Creativity is undoubtedly one of the most important processes and blend of skills and attitudes that can help young people thrive in the world today. However, most respondents in this survey feel that there are not enough opportunities for creative activities in schools.

Museums, libraries and archives are essential non-formal education spaces that have been working for years in close collaboration with schools and universities. They are providers of endless primary sources that help us all to fight against disinformation and promote equality and diverse cultural representation.

On 3 March 2020 an exceptional discussion took place between two classes of the Cité Scolaire Claude Bernard in Paris and the Dardenne brothers, Belgian filmmakers who have twice won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, about their latest film Le Jeune Ahmed (Young Ahmed).

In Europe Schools has made teaching history a lot more exciting! In this European exchange project, students film and compare their research on themes like “difficult histories”, climate change and migration. After a successful piloting phase, VPRO and EuroClio are hosting a new round.

In October, two European meetings took place on the topic of arts and cultural education, bringing together expert researchers and representatives from ministries of both education and culture.