Het realiseren van een goede sociale mix blijft in België een heikele zaak ondanks alle hervormingsinitiatieven waarmee beide Gemeenschappen het voorbije decennium op de proppen kwamen.
Les caractéristiques de la société finlandaise expliquent en partie le succès de son enseignement.
« Mettez un bon enseignant dans un mauvais système, et le système gagne chaque fois. »
Itinera asks in its election series to focus on one of the underexposed aspects of education policy: the role of teachers, schools and parents. The education debate is often about structures, processes and resources. That is understandable and important. But it is not enough.
Withdrawing family benefits is not the solution to the drop-out. This penalty deepens the distance between the student and the school and also makes the entire family precarious. To fight against the drop-out, we must bring the school closer to the student.
The European leaders have announced an action plan against youth unemployment. Obviously it’s a very complex and divers issue. Seen the seriousness of the issue we can’t tolerate any taboo’s about this. Also not about the matter about the often ill-considered choice of studies.
In today’s global economy, countries need high-quality education systems that will teach their citizens the skills necessary to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Poland is a successful reformer in terms of performance and inequality: in less than 6 years, it has raised the performance in reading of its 15 years old in PISA by the equivalent of half a school year.
