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Kaspar Burger In recent years, levels of social segregation have increased in several European capital cities (see here). Against this background, a recent study analyzed to what extent education systems in European countries are socially segregated, and whether social segregation...

Marc Piopiunik The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) continually illustrates how the reading, science and mathematics performance of 15-year-olds differs across countries. Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of these huge differences. In...

Janna Teltemann & Reinhard Schunck The challenge of granting equal education When talking about equality in education, the difficulties begin with defining what equality in eduation means. A basic function of education is societal integration: providing individuals with the necessary...