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Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology

Homeschooling: What has happened since spring?

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Portrait Nele McElvany © IFS​/​TU Dortmund

The new school year has begun and the declared aim of the minister presidents is to keep schools open throughout the winter. But what if this is not feasible, how well prepared are schools? In an interview with Focus Online, Nele McElvany, managing director of the IFS, emphasizes that a lot has already been done, but that there is still a lot of room for improvement in many areas. In particular, the lack of comprehensive technical equipment and the lack of uniform school concepts are cause for concern.

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