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Far-Right Approaches to Education in Europe - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
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In Senftenberg, the AfD is almost 40 percent. In a book, students write against the right turn not only in their city. An urgent appeal, for which also a prominent actress is enthusiastic.
With her call for registration and complaint proceedings against teachers, the head of the Maike Finnern teachers' union has sparked a fierce debate about the openness of discourse in German schools.
The trade union for education and science calls for clear frameworks of action for schools in dealing with anti-democracy and racist statements by teachers.
The trade union for education and science demands that schools should check suspicious teachers for a possible right-wing extremism. To do this, it needs complaint agencies, intervention concepts with defined chains of action and a stronger protection against discrimination.
Far-Right approaches to education in Europe - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Education is not inherently liberal or equal – it is political. Far-right parties across Europe are seeking to reshape education to reflect their illiberal, nationalist and authoritarian values, capitalising on discontent with the current provision. Offering alternatives is important both politically and to defend the democratic and equalising function of education. Education is often described as an inherently liberalising and equalising force.…
The German education union GEW (Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft) is calling for stricter measures against teachers with alleged right-wing views. According to chairwoman Maike Finnern, there should be reporting centers where colleagues or students can report teachers who express themselves as "extremely right-wing, inhumane or hostile to democracy," reports Neue Osnabrücker.
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