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Seedlings: Early stage startups raising money summer of 2024.

Denmark is often framed as a country where businesses are easy to start, but difficult to grow. And for our community, it can sometimes...

Paralympics Prove that Sports are for Everyone and Danish Legal Coverage for Disabilities

With an infinite amount of sports during the month of August 2024, this last week will not disappoint: the Olympics are over, but now...

PISA results show declining reading and mathematics levels

Compared to the last PISA results (in 2018), the average level in reading and mathematics has declined, while the level in natural sciences has improved...

What are friskole or “independent schools”?

An “independent school” (friskole) is an alternative to the public school (folkeskole). They have been created on the basis of Article 76 of the...

The end of the grading system in “folkeskolen”

Starting in 2023, 8 schools will participate in a national experiment for two years, during which they will not grade the students. The schools...

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