Tag: Education in Bavaria
Bavaria: More and more first graders without German as their native language – Bavaria
In Bavaria, more and more children are starting school whose native language is not German: in the 2023/2024 school year, the corresponding proportion was 30.7 percent. This emerges from the…
Appeal dispute at the University of Regensburg: Minister puts pressure on Bishop – Bavaria
According to a report, Bavaria’s Science Minister Markus Blume (CSU) is putting pressure on Regensburg Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer in the dispute over theology appointment procedures. The BR quoted Blume on…
Reaction to the Pisa defeat – Bavaria
Again, German students did poorly in the PISA study, and Bavaria should now have more time for German and mathematics in primary schools. 400 girls and boys study at the…
Calculation weakness: "It is fatal, math is often equated with general intelligence"
Paul may have to leave secondary school because of dyscalculia. To prevent this, he goes to therapy – and his father goes to court. About a developmental disorder and measures…
Primary school in Bavaria: Does religious education still have a future? – Bavaria
The subject has few advocates, as the recent debates about primary school reform showed: many people called for Reli to be cut rather than other subjects. Wrongly? Time to take…
Munich: Protest against gender ban in front of the State Chancellery – Munich
A mast like this is a multifunctional thing. It’s not just good for white and blue flags. If two or more are standing next to each other, a banner can…
Bishop blocks appointment of professors – Bavaria
Imagine a person – man or woman – who is outstanding. She teaches and researches at the university, she is academically excellent, understands her subject, theological social ethics, in its…
The gender ban now applies to Bavaria’s schools, universities and authorities – Bavaria
The gender ban came into force in Bavaria this Monday. From now on, the use of gender-sensitive language is expressly prohibited in schools, universities and authorities in the Free State.…
Language historian on gender ban in Bavaria: “I don’t want a language police” – Bavaria
From April 1st, gender stars will be banned in Bavarian authorities, schools and universities. Was there ever such a language ban? And does it actually do anything? Language historian Christine…
Jachenau: A school like from another century
The Ferdinand Feldigl primary school is located in one of the most remote places in Bavaria. A lot of things work here very differently than in large schools – and…