Images - Reforming Schools and Universities

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1.	East German Academics Demonstrate in Berlin (February 12, 1991) Over the course of the unification process, East German educational institutions and structures were....
2.	Teacher Demonstration in Erfurt (July 9, 1991) After unification, teachers in the former GDR were subject to a critical review that focused both on their professional skills and on potentially compromising aspects of their political past – be....
3.	German Students Perform Poorly in the First PISA Study (June 28, 2002) Since 2000, the OECD has conducted a PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) study every three years. The study is conducted in most of the OECD's member countries, including Germany.....
4.	Federal Minister for Education and Research Edelgard Bulmahn Visits an All-Day School (December 15, 2003) In response to the PISA results, Minister of Education and Research Edelgard Bulmahn (SPD)....
5.	Protest against University Reform in Leipzig (January 8, 2004) In the mid-1990s, individual CDU/CSU-governed states in the western part of Germany began introducing tuition fees in order to shore up university budgets and improve facilities. State governments....
6.	Demonstration against the Introduction of Tuition Fees (June 23, 2005) In 2005, students repeatedly took to the streets to protest the planned introduction of tuition fees. Critics claimed that such fees would lead to a decline in student numbers and to an increase....
7.	Members of the Teachers' Union Protest to Keep Collective Wage Agreements in Place (March 23, 2006) The planned and partially implemented reforms in the social policy arena, and in school and university education, drew sharp criticism, especially from the teachers’ union [Gewerkschaft Bildung....
8.	A Swarm of Media in Front of the Rütli School in Berlin (March 31, 2006) In 2006, the Rütli School in Berlin's Neukölln district became the focus of German media attention for months. The interest was prompted by an open....
9.	Frankfurt High School Students Strike against Education Reform (September 12, 2006) After Germany’s poor showing in the PISA study, education policymakers introduced a number of concepts to improve the situation in German public schools. Many of the reforms sought to address the....
10.	Students of the Hasso Plattner Institute Graduate with B.A. and M.A. Degrees (March 23, 2007) The establishment of a “European space for higher education” in the Bologna Declaration led Germany to replace its traditional Magister and Diplom programs with new B.A.....
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