Sweden’s schools minister declares free school ‘system failure’
www.theguardian.com
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  • pufferfischerpulver@feddit.deEnglish
    294·
    1 year ago

    Wait 30 years of school inequality and now they have a parallel society and a gang problem?

    Surely these things don’t have anything to do with each other.

      • albert180@feddit.deEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        But privatised prisons ☝️ Because the market is so efficient and they will create 5 Star Hotels for Prisoners and have Rainbows and Unicorns instead of treating them as shitty as possible and extracting as much profit they can get away with

        • ____@infosec.pubEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Ironically, one of the Scandinavian countries basically does exactly that - it’s prison, but without the risk of assault/death, and without the total lack of amenities.

          Still stuck there, ofc, but not dehumanized as a result.

          Most people dont’ want much - safety, medical care, somewhere tolerable to sit, and something to do makes a world of difference vs the US system. See comparative recidivism rates…

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Sweden has declared a “system failure” in the country’s free schools, pledging the biggest shake-up in 30 years and calling into question a model in which profit-making companies run state education.

    But in recent years, a drop in Swedish educational standards, rising inequality and growing discontent among teachers and parents has helped fuel political momentum for change.

    A report by Sweden’s biggest teachers’ union, Sveriges Lärare, warned in June of the negative consequences of having become one of the world’s most marketised school systems, including the viewing of pupils and students as customers and a lack of resources resulting in increased dissatisfaction.

    Now Lotta Edholm, a Liberal who was appointed schools minister last year during the formation of Sweden’s Moderate party-run minority coalition, has launched an investigation into the issue which, she said, would oversee her plans for reform.

    A spokesperson for the Sveriges Lärare union said the government’s plans did not go far enough to address the problems, which it said included a school selection system that increased segregation and funding inequality.

    Her legacy, she hopes, will be to introduce more “peace and quiet” in schools with less trouble, violence and bullying, as well as improving children’s knowledge.

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