In Germany market economy is social, unions strong and income disparities refreshingly small. While not completely wrong, this is not quiet true anymore. New figures suggest that in the last decade despite rapid economic growth and exploding wages for already high-income earners, the lowest income class has suffered a significant net loss in purchasing power….
Tag Archive: School
US – Teachers Cheats to Reach Standards
Cheating in schools doesn’t seem to be noteworthy enough to be mentioned here. In this particular case however it absolutely merits your attention. In order to answer the yearly progress requirements of the “No Child is Left Behind Act”, which is linked to financial support and in the last consequence to a school’s existence and…
England – Over-Protected Kids as Major Societal Risk
England is obsessed with security. Especially children are affected by regulatory and parental care aiming at eliminating every possible risk in their children’s life. Therefore, some 20 millions English working with children has to pass police security checks – numerous authors who declined are now banned from reading their books to school classes. In one…
Sleep – Culturally and Individually Different Patterns
Children needs plenty of sleep to be fit for school and generally to do well in life. Such wisdom is common sense in western countries. Noteworthy therefore, that little Asians on average sleeps 1-2 hours less per day and do generally quite well too. Koreans nap only 4-5 hours a night during exams and catch…
Normality – Soon Every Child Needs Deficit Treatment
Back in 2006, 46% of school children in Zürich (the most populous Swiss Canton) were in special pedagogic treatment – it is safe to assume that today more than half are suffering from some kind of deficit. The cited article appropriately argues that the once broad road of normal development variability has become a small…
Education investments – Worthwile in the Long Run
A recently published OECD-study confirms that a better overall education system makes a big difference. A worldwide increase of 25 points in the PISA study (comparative education success study) during the next 20 years would trigger 115 trillion dollars benefits over 80 years. Germany would gain 5000 billions and if German pupils managed to become…
