The latest OECDPISA results, released today, show that student performance has declined across all three core subjects over the past decade.
Across OECD countries between 2015 and 2025:
Reading scores fell by 28 points, the steepest decline of the three subjects.
Mathematics scores dropped by 22 points, equivalent to just over one year of learning.
Science proved more resilient, with scores declining by 7 points.
The results underline the importance of strengthening the knowledge and skills students need for the future. Strong foundations in reading, mathematics and science enable students to think, learn and use AI effectively.
The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa.
The "Correct the Map" resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by African Union (AU) members, passed with the support of 164 nations, including France and the UK. The US was the only nation to vote against it - while there were six abstentions.
The UN vote is non-binding but will see changes to the maps used by institutions around the world.
The Mercator map, which has been in common use since the 16th Century, has come in for criticism as it shows Africa as being of similar in size to Greenland, even though it is actually 14 times larger.
The Mercator map was designed in 1569 by the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator to help European explorers navigate across the world.
The distortion of his map is a result of the fact that it is impossible to accurately represent the surface of a globe on a two-dimensional chart.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill has died, age 78. He featured in many films but mostly known for his role as paleontologist Alan Grant in the "Jurassic Park" saga.
Finally, she didn't manage to get through her recovery successfully and unfortunately Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has died at the age of 75. She had been in induced coma at a Portuguese hospital, where she lived, after undergoing an intestinal surgery last May. These official statements were on her webpage, following her health issues:
"[6/May/26] We are very sorry to announce that Bonnie has been admitted to hospital in Faro, Portugal, where she has a home, for emergency intestinal surgery. The surgery went well and she is now recuperating. We know that all of her family, friends, and fans will be concerned about this news and will be wishing her well for a full and swift recovery.
[Update 8/May/26] Bonnie has been put into an induced coma by her doctors to aid her recovery.
[Update 12/May/26] As of this morning Bonnie remains seriously ill but stable in hospital in Faro, however her doctors are still positive that she will make a full recovery.
[Update 15/June/26] Bonnie is no longer in coma but remains very unwell and in intensive care in hospital in Portugal. Although her condition is improving it is a slow process. Her doctors remain confident that she will make a good recovery but it is going to take time."
Less than a year ago, on August 2nd 2025, the last time she sang in Coruña .The singer had a new record and was about to start a tour this summer right into 2027.
The Pope Leon XIV visited Barcelona's Sagrada Familia today on the 100º anniversary of Antoni Gaudi's death to bless the newest of its geometric spires that makes the structure the world's tallest church.
Pity for Eurovision's 70th anniversary, not even its slogan is true to reality. Today's the final of the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna (Austria). This year's contest should have been a celebration of 70 years of music, but it has lost part of its entertainment magic.
EUROVISION IS SINKING AND THEY CAN NO LONGER HIDE IT
Without Spain, without Ireland, without the Netherlands, and with half the continent pointing at its complicity with Israel, Eurovision is experiencing the biggest crisis in history while trying to project an image of normality amidst censorship, protests and propaganda. Viewers are plummeting, song hearings are down 45%, the EBU is losing nearly 800.000€ in fixed fees alone and even the contest's director admits they "miss" the countries that left. What once was a musical celebration is now a political showcase marked by Gaza, international whitewashing and shattered credibilty. And the more they try to cover it up, the more evident the collapse becomes.[From: Spanish Revolution Facebook]
RTVE onscreen messages on the days of the Eurovision broadcast below:
2025
2026
Video EUROVISION EVOLUTION 70 YEARS, all its winners:
Breaking news: the death of American actor Robert Redford has just been announced. He was 89 years old and is considered an icon of classic Hollywood cinema. Actor, director, producer and founder of Sundance film festival. RIP.
Photo: Casteleiro / Roller Agencia "La Opinión A Coruña"
From today "Rafael Dieste" secondary school has its new management team made up by Alberto Pombo (headmaster), Rafael Fernández (secretary), Mónica Reixía, (deputy headmistress) & Arcadio González, (head of studies-supervisor).
Students from "Rafael Dieste" in their campaign through their programme "Aquí tamén se fala" to rename the city's football team's name in Galician, have acheived a first step: the city council renames the street Ronda Real Club Deportivo DA Coruña, opposite our school.
(20th June 2025)
UPDATE 24/JUNE/2026
One year later, the football team has officially announced the change of the name to adapt to the only accepted name of our city, and all this was achieved by the students of "Rafael Dieste" and all the activities carried out in this issue and after the club members voted to choose it.
Proud of aquitamensefala from IES "Rafael Dieste". Thanks!
Today, the Galician Education Councilor Román Rodríguez visited 'Rafael Dieste' to supervise the refurbishment works, which the school is undergoing. The works are due to be completed by next summer, with an investment of more than 1.7 million €. They are part of the priority objective of the New Pedagogical Architecture Plan to improve schools energy efficiency and increase comfort for the whole educational community.
In the photo above Román Rodríguez together with the school principal Norma Fariña and the rest of the school's management team: Isabel Viñuela (viceprincipal), Flora García (secretary) and Ramón Barreiro (head of studies).
Part of these refurbishment works (the changing of the central roof) had already been announced in the local press ('La Voz de Galicia') in June 2021, photo (with previous principal Mateo Torres and local educational authorities) and link below:
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