Tag: education policy
Heat-free: Schools are less and less likely to cancel classes – Bavaria
In the Free State there is no uniform regulation as to when classes are canceled at high temperatures – the headmaster decides that. Why most refrain from sending classes home.…
Schools in Berlin: How the fight for a school place wears down families – Panorama
Because there aren’t enough schools in the capital, hundreds of children can’t find a place at a high school – and are somehow assigned somewhere. Sometimes the school is 30…
IQB education trend: fourth graders even worse in math and German – politics
It is undisputed that children learn less when schools are closed for weeks or half classes are taught alternately. But how much did the corona-related restrictions actually have on school…
Schools and Corona: Why the obligation to test in Berlin is only ending now – politics
In Berlin, the compulsory corona test in schools is ending – only now. This shows once again that children and young people had to do more to fight the pandemic…
EU directive: Bake sales in schools could become taxable – Panorama
The bake sale is a kind of institution of German educational institutions. Children and young people learn the basics of business administration, even if expenses and working hours are mostly…
School policy in NRW: ejection seat for small parties – opinion
For the second time in a row, a government in North Rhine-Westphalia was voted out of office on Sunday. And for the second time in a row, the big loser…
Private universities: why more and more people are paying for their studies – Economy
A few weeks ago, Sophie Wild submitted her bachelor thesis. 56 pages about the connection between humor and optimism. Cost: 300 euros examination fee. Wild didn’t know before that even…
Bavaria: The Abi starts soon – Bavaria
She is already quite irritated, says Fabia Klein. In the past two years, the Nuremberg high school graduate has experienced pretty much all the highs and lows of an educational…
Abitur in Bavaria: The countdown is on – Bavaria
Open detailed view No compulsory testing, no compulsory wearing of masks: This year the Abitur exams will again take place under much more relaxed framework conditions. (Photo: Catherine Hess) She…
Munich: Matthias Tschöp, head of the Helmholtz Center, in an interview – Munich
When it comes to communicating scientific knowledge to the public, Matthias Tschöp, head of the Helmholtz Center, thinks there is still a lot of room for improvement. He wants to…