The Netherlands, explained in English · Sunday 11 October 2026Sun 11 Oct

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The Netherlands, explained

Sivon

Sivon is a cooperative organisation of school boards in the Netherlands that buys educational materials, such as textbooks and digital learning methods, jointly on behalf of its members. By pooling demand, schools aim to negotiate better terms with publishers. In this article, its director comments on how much choice teachers have between paper and online methods.

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