This is an odd discussion that started up in the last month in Germany.
Schools and education....are generally a state topic (not a German federal topic), but there's a serious amount of discussion going on....to say that German kids are not at the level you would anticipate....because of the Covid-19 crisis.
So this week, my regional public TV folks....HR....brought up this discussion with an expert.
The current idea? Well....there's this suggestion of going to a 'long' school year....meaning that if you were in the 6th grade and the end of June came up....there would be a month-long summer pause, then you'd go into the seventh-grade normally. Under the 'long' idea....you'd return to classes in July, still in the 6th-grade and continue until the Christmas holiday off-period.....then graduate to the seventh-grade.
All of this leading to some serious consequences down the line? Well....yeah.
The fact that some kids might be totally up to the level where they are supposed to be? That's part of the mess as well.
To utter 'lost generations'? The guest speaker really didn't want to tangle with that topic.
This idea of some national or federal 'solution'? Teachers would like one single script. But the system is not designed this way (16 states and 16 different scripts for education).
More chatter by spring? This might end up as a top ten election topic.
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