Dossier
13-year-olds
Coverage of 13-year-olds in the Nexus archive.
- After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math
9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading despite pandemic-era school closures, while 13-year-olds experienced a different outcome. The article highlights gains for younger students after years of declines.
- Sweden mulls prison for young teens as violent crime rises
Sweden's parliament will vote on plans to hold 13-year-olds criminally responsible for violent crimes and imprison them in serious cases. The move comes as the country faces rising gang crime, with other European nations also lowering age limits for criminal responsibility.