Independent School Success Challenging the Danish Public School System

Autor/in	Ringsmose, Charlotte
Titel	Independent School Success Challenging the Danish Public School System
Quelle	In: Childhood Education, 89 (2013) 2, S.92-93 (2 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4056
DOI	10.1080/00094056.2013.773843
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Schools; Charter Schools; Private Schools; School Choice; Socioeconomic Status; Equal Education; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Dänemark
Abstract	Denmark has had a long history of placing a high priority on education and public schooling. It is a declared goal of the Danish welfare system to provide comprehensive schooling, where children from different socioeconomic backgrounds can go to school together and have the same opportunities through education. It is also a declared goal for parents to have a choice of schools (Ministry of Children and Education, 2004). Thus, independent but publically funded schools represent an alternative to the public schools. Despite the high priority on supporting public schools, a growing number of families have opted for "charter-style" or "independent" schools over the last decade. From the performance perspective, independent schools seem very successful, and thus represent a challenge to the public school system. The idea that children meet across different social and economic strata in the public schools of Denmark is being threatened by a flight away from the public schools. It is a challenge for all countries to create equal opportunities through the educational system. It is important that "charter-style" schools be a viable possible choice for the children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10