Tag: education policy
Only a good half of the first-year teachers also become teachers
Lessons in a primary school in Baden-Württemberg The shortage of teachers is one of the biggest problems in German schools. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal states report that there is…
Countries and teachers criticize the postponement of the “Digital Pact 2.0” for schools
Children with laptops in the classroom The first digital pact was intended to advance the digitization of schools with a total of 6.5 billion euros. (Photo: IMAGO / Shotshop) Berlin…
CDU promotes a new education and family policy
Silvia Breher (right), Friedrich Merz The CDU wants to give itself a new program in family policy. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin With a fundamentally new concept for education and…
Universities spend 1.3 billion more on energy – and save on research
Lecture hall of the University of Cologne German universities had to spend significantly more on energy during the winter. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The drastically increased energy prices have also increased…
Educational opportunities really are that unequal
class at high school Opportunities for advancement in Germany still depend too much on the parental home. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It’s not as if the problem hasn’t been recognized: For…
When the chatbot writes the homework
Berlin “I don’t know anyone who doesn’t use ChatGPT yet,” says 19-year-old Karina Schiller*. “For example for the homework, what an ancient fable means for us today, or for the…
Lindner and Stark-Watzinger want to improve financial knowledge
Woman withdraws money in Berlin The financial knowledge of the Germans is bad. This is an important building block for financial advancement. (Photo: EyeEm/Getty Images) Berlin The Federal Minister of…
Stark-Watzinger’s education summit under criticism
Bettina Stark-Watzinger The Federal Minister of Education called for more cooperation in the field of education. (Photo: IMAGO/Jens Schicke) Berlin Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger actually wanted to ensure more…
The shortage of teachers in Germany is gigantic
Berlin On Tuesday, news from Lower Saxony startled educational politicians, parents and teachers: A primary school head in Ammerland announced that she had to introduce the four-day week for more…
Teachers and students are on strike against Viktor Orban’s school policies
Vienna No matter how great the resistance that Hungary’s prime minister is facing in the European Union, Viktor Orban reigns almost unchallenged at home. However, one professional group is stubbornly…
Business must not leave school to the ideologues
high school class According to critics, students often do not learn enough about economics in school. (Photo: ddp) Anyone who asks why there is so little understanding of the economy…
Pupils will not completely make up for the corona gaps
Berlin The new President of the Conference of Ministers of Education, Berlin’s Education Senator Astrid-Sabine Busse (SPD), assumes that the current students will no longer completely close the corona gaps…
Federal-state dispute over 200-euro payment for students
Bettina Stark-Watzinger The federal education minister has been criticized by the state ministers of education. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The payment of the energy money in the amount of 200 euros…
These universities are particularly popular with employers
Research at the Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich is very popular with both German and international employers. (Photo: Stefan Woidig / TUM) Hamburg There can be…
How a boarding school in Freiburg makes tolerance a compulsory subject
International understanding begins in the bedroom: light on or off? window closed or open? Can you listen to music late into the night? Or make loud phone calls to distant…
How Germany loses potential skilled workers
icon image 19-year-old Mohammad from Afghanistan works on the wiring of a control cabinet at the Siemens Professional Education training center. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Less than half of the school…
In these sectors, you earn more with a bachelor’s or master’s degree
Dusseldorf Parents have always known that if you pay attention at school and at university, you have the best chance of earning well above the average in your professional life.…
Where do parents best rate the digitization of schools?
Berlin German schools have difficulties saying goodbye to the “Cretaceous period” and integrating new media into the classroom. Not only education experts see it that way, but also many parents…
Research Minister Stark-Watzinger on the future of the German education system
Dusseldorf Even if her department is not the focus of attention in times of crisis, Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger is responsible for the major issues of our time: the…
Interior Ministry warns of “Confucius Institutes” at universities
Berlin The Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) warns against Chinese influence on German universities through so-called Confucius Institutes. The BMI sees the cooperation between German universities and the Confucius…