If a more sustainable and just society is to be built, the power of education will need to be harnessed. Education should be a liberating force, but it can also exacerbate hierarchies, divisions, and inequality. Recognising that education is always political, this edition uncovers the ongoing battles over education today in Europe and goes further to explore the alternatives. It asks what an education system that truly equips people for the challenges of our age would look like.
Articles in this edition
Any project of building a different society goes hand in hand with reimagining education. For Greens, this is a potential too precious to pass up.
Read moreMaja Göpel on how education, imagination, and ideas can spark wider societal change.
Read moreFormer Minister of Education Lorenzo Fioramonti recounts his experience of trying to reform Italian education policy to put ecology at the heart of learning.
Read moreCristina Suárez Vega on whether vocational education in emerging green sectors can help Spain’s young people escape stubbornly high unemployment.
Read moreIoana Banach on imagining a Romanian education system that could provide an alternative to emigration and poverty.
Read moreAndrea Pető and Éric Fassin on the “culture wars” and the conservative attack on academic freedom.
Read moreBrussels MP Kalvin Soiresse Njall on the campaign to reconcile Belgian public memory with the lasting legacy of European colonialism.
Read moreData uncovers the relationship between public investment in education and equality and social mobility in Europe.
Read moreMaria Montessori's pioneering work on children’s minds offers insights into creating nurturing classrooms and societies.
Read moreIn the age of push notifications, Simone Weil's thinking on the power and value of our attention is more relevant than ever.
Read moreFrench thinker Pierre Bourdieu offers a lens for examining the role of education in closing social gaps.
Read moreTaking a page from Benedict Anderson’s book to build compelling narratives and teach “Earth patriotism”.
Read moreFrancesca Spinelli on why a welcoming and inclusive society starts at school.
Read moreJuliane von Reppert-Bismarck speaks to Beatrice White about how education needs to adapt to the realities of the digital world.
Read moreIn this photo essay, Sofia Cherici and Federico Ambrosini explore how schools and teachers can transform their surrounding community.
Read moreAnna Dzierzgowska on reforms to school curricula and why who and what is included from our past matters for our future.
Read moreTwenty years after the Good Friday Agreement, what progress has been made in Northern Ireland towards overcoming segregation and coming to terms with the past?
Read moreBringing young people together is only half the battle; overcoming binary and prejudiced thinking also requires openness and positive feelings towards other groups.
Read moreRaluca Besliu looks at how evolving narratives of national history helped pave the way to war.
Read moreThe story of how Estonia built one of the most innovative and successful public education systems in the world.
Read moreEtienne Klein speaks to Edouard Gaudot about truth, democratising science and the uncertainty inherent in scientific inquiry.
Read moreAfter many broken promises by their government, Dutch students are fighting the burden of debt.
Read moreAfter the Hungarian government abandoned a student housing project for a Fudan campus, young people refused to let it die quietly.
Read moreStudent-led action is putting the challenge of decolonisation to KU Leuven and giving marginalised students a voice.
Read moreFaced with precarious contracts and poor working conditions, university staff have been organising for the promise of social justice in education.
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