Magazine / Society / School in Europe / Links | 19/12/2007

Further Information

Here you will find opinions and information on the school systems in the EU and commentaries on the findings of international educational studies.

Britain

How Britain did in the 2006 Pisa study
» Guardian (English)

Big differences in performance between British schools
» Independent (English)

Call for a differentiated education system
» Daily Telegraph (English)


France

Does it make sense to send children to school at a young age?
» Rue89 (French)

Call for better science teaching
» Le Monde (French)

French primary school children don't like reading
» Le Figaro (French)


Germany

Criticism of the Pisa study methodology
» Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (German)

The German school system reinforces social inequality
» die tageszeitung (German)

Call for the abolition of the three-tier system
» Frankfurter Rundschau (German)

Interview with Manfred Prenzel, the German director of the Pisa study
» Die Zeit (German)

German school reforms following Pisa
» Deutschlandfunk (German)

On the history of the Pisa study
» Die Zeit (German)


Austria

Comprehensive school or Gymnasium? Two teachers talk about everyday life at Austria's schools
» Die Zeit (German)

Call for more co-operation in education
» Die Presse (German)


Belgium

Call for improvements in Walloon schools
» Le Soir (French)


Bulgaria

Television report on the teachers' strike in Bulgaria
» SWR Europamagazin (German)


Official websites

Information on the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa)
» OECD (Englisch, German, French)

Information on the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
» Boston College (English)

Information network on Europe's education systems
» Eurydice (German, English, French)

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