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2017

Swedish schools under pressure to recruit 77,000 teachers

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2017

Swedish school under fire for racist slur in homework task

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2016

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2016

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2015

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2015

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2015

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2014

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2013

SFI students struggle to speak with 'shy' Swedes

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Christmas reopens sore of 'Swedish history angst'

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Elite school should have stayed open: court

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Nine students charged for elite school hazing

Principal 'pressured teachers to raise grades'

US student demands five-figure Swedish uni refund

Swedish welfare scandals call for profit review

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2012

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