Can for-profit organizations offer a ladder out of poor communities? While charities and businesses support private schools, academics are on the fence.
As a fair wage nation in a low wage region, we should never compete by cutting pay and conditions. Education is our strength – and we should build upon it, writes Bill Shorten.
Oxford University study finds that poorer students are considerably less likely to study the sort of A-levels that will help them get into leading universities.
Wealthy, “sharp-elbowed” middle-class parents are manipulating school admissions to win an unfair share of places at the best state schools for their children, according to a new book.
Uddannelsesmotorvejen mod gymnasiet bliver bredere og bredere. I 2001 søgte 36 pct. af folkeskolens afgangselever ind på det almene gymnasium. I 2014 var tallet steget til 47 pct. I samme periode faldt søgningen til erhvervsuddannelserne fra 32 til 20 pct.
I dag bliver det afgjort, om de omkring 60.000 danske folkeskolelærere stemmer ja til det bud på en ny overenskomst, som Lærernes Centralorganisation og KL har forhandlet på plads.