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In the course of the ever-flaring debates about refugees and migration to Germany, the question of language acquisition also regularly comes up. Language courses, support measures and programmes relating to "German as a foreign language" and "German as a second language" play a major role. In neighboring France, there are similar debates and corresponding measures for language acquisition and language support – they are referred to in a similar way as "Français Langue Etrangère – FLE" and "Français Langue Seconde – FLS". How does the linguistic integration of people and especially students with migration background work in France?

The new dossier of Education Worldwide offers information on definitions of language acquisition in France, statistics on foreign language students, support measures, support programmes, organisations and associations with a focus on language, and literature on the subject.

Education Worldwide has relaunched its dossier on national education reports worldwide. The dossier offers an insight into education reports and education indicators from all 6 continents of the world. The focus is on education reports that were prepared in the respective country by the local authorities and institutes.

On 5 November 2024, the elections for the new American president will take place in the USA. Kamala Harris is running for the Democrats, Donald Trump for the Republicans. The elections are being watched with great interest around the world, including in schools and the education sector in general. The German Education Server has therefore prepared various dossiers and podcasts so that you, too, can find out more about the topic.

The web dossier of our school editorial team offers free teaching materials on the US presidential election. This is supplemented by a podcast with audio link recommendations on the election as a teaching topic. Furthermore, the Education Worldwide dossier deals with the topic of education in the US election campaign.

Italy is this year's guest country at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Education Worldwide is marking the occasion with a web dossier on the Italian education system. In addition to information on education and schools in Italy, you will also find tips on educational holidays and educational trips to Italy. Another section of the dossier deals with developments in the Italian education system under the right-wing government of Giorgia Meloni. The web dossier also offers you an insight into literature and reading culture in Italy.

Emotions are running high at universities around the world. Some people feel reminded of the student protests of the 1960s/70s against the Vietnam War. The current student protests and campus occupations take place against the background of the Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, which in turn were triggered by the attack on Israel by the Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas on 7 October 2023.
You can find out what the students are criticising and what demands they are making of their universities in our new dossier.  It also offers an international press review of the demonstrations taking place at universities around the world, as well as statements from academic societies and other organisations in the field of education. 

A new UNESCO report shows that the shortage of teachers is a problem not only in Germany, but worldwide. New data suggests that 44 million additional teachers will be needed to achieve universal primary and secondary education for all children by 2030. This is one of the demands of Goal 4 "Quality Education" of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. From an international perspective, the UNESCO report provides answers to questions such as: "Where is the teacher shortage greatest?", "Why is there so much teacher shortage worldwide?" or "How can the teacher shortage be solved?"

Not only in Germany, but worldwide, the publication of the chatbot "ChatGPT" has sparked a debate about artificial intelligence.

You can find out on how this debate is being conducted internationally in the education sector in our dossier.  We offer you freely accessible overview literature & systematic reviews, as well as reports, guidelines, frameworks, organisations & networks and projects. You will also find information on AI and education in various countries & regions as well as articles on AI tools in education.

Due to current events we would like to remind you of our two web dossiers on education in Israel and Palestine.

• Education in Israel
• Education in Palestine

We admit that the topic of our new dossier is not a very festive one given that Christmas is coming soon.  But it is a topic that has directly concerned us at the DBS and DIPF Institute over the past few weeks, as we ourselves have been victims of a cyber attack. Education Worldwide took the opportunity to research the topic of cybercrime in the field of education. It turned out that education is one of the most popular targets for hackers around the world. The sources we compiled for our webdossier will tell you the reasons for this, it will present you facts and statistics, and it will show you some examples of how different countries are dealing with this problem in the education sector.