In this informal chat about education and news from around the world, Emma and Alice discuss exam protests in Germany, advertising exam cheating on YouTube, Vietnamese parents spending over 10 hours a week on their child's homework, pupils missing out on their education while Venezuela is in crisis and an idea from the UK government to improve teacher retention.

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References:

1. Pupils in Berlin protest unfair English exam

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/world/europe/germany-english-test-abitur.html

2. The YouTube stars being paid to sell cheating 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43956001

3. Vietnamese parents spend over 10 hours weekly with child's homework

https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/data-speaks/vietnamese-parents-spend-over-10-hours-weekly-with-child-s-homework-survey-3743005.html

4. Venezuela's education crisis

https://reliefweb.int/report/venezuela-bolivarian-republic/millions-children-missing-school-venezuelas-hunger-crisis

5. Teachers in England to be offered a year's paid sabbatical to improve retention https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/04/teachers-to-be-offered-years-paid-sabbatical-to-improve-retention