Public school reform

Three keywords define the 33 initiatives of public school reform – freedom, immersion, and quality. Public schools obtained greater autonomy (for example, they can decide if they want shorter school days, how to use the extra teaching hours, whether to have two teachers in the classroom, if they don’t want to issue grades until 6th grade, etc.) and more freedom regarding curriculum. This is because the number of binding targets (measurable expectations of the students’ development) has been reduced from 4,000 to 215. In addition, schools will receive:

• 500 million DKK for extra support for the 10% of students challenged in Danish and/or mathematics. 
• 540 million DKK for school manuals, as there will be a severe rollback on the usage of screens. 
• 2.6 billion DKK for better classrooms that encourage play and movement. 
• Fewer exams (from eight to six). 
• Every student will have to go through five days of compulsory work practice. 
• Technology understanding is integrated into every school subject.