Equality: a major factor in success and staying in school
A wealthy region with large income disparities systematically performs less well academically than a less wealthy region with smaller income disparities. Whether on an international scale or within a country or region, the greater the income gap, the lower the overall educational performance and the higher the dropout rate. Narrowing these gaps is the best indicator of progress... at school.
More vegetarian menus in the canteen
The EGALIM law passed in France in 2018 launched an experiment: to offer a weekly vegetarian meal in school canteens. While the trial has been extended until 2023, the French still seem to be very attached to the consumption of meat by their children. However, their German neighbors, despite such heated debates, are rather tolerant of the idea these days.
Exploit nature or become its guardian?
What if we used the full force of law and legal constraint to build standards that truly protect nature and give nature rights and representatives?
The pedagogy of joy
Emotions permeate our lives but depending on our fixed or developing mental models, we live in worlds of projection or worlds of imagination. These worlds are driven by emotions and lead us to very different ways of learning depending on whether they are based on joy or fear
Research in the educational sciences is too often precisely wrong.
A critique of training sciences that too often focus on approaches that are disconnected from reality