Morning Briefing Plus: Wo bleibt der Pisa-Aufschrei?
Deutsche Schüler schneiden bei Pisa so schlecht ab wie noch nie und alle zucken mit den Schultern. Dabei ist Bildung für die Zukunft des Landes wichtiger als jede Rentenreform.
The week that has just ended has been a series of shocks, to use an apt description. After the Saxony-Anhalt election, the CDU found themselves in a shock state, realizing that the last voter belonged to no major party. With the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern election coming up in a week, some Christian Democrats fear the five-percent hurdle, a crisis of existence!
Financial markets saw a sharp fall in the value of state bonds throughout the week, prompting my colleagues to compare them to historical lows. On Friday, we were reminded of the 9/11 attacks by news footage, a vivid reminder of how recent the events still feel for many. But the greatest shock for me came on Tuesday morning when it was revealed that German students had performed as poorly as ever in the Pisa study.
I had expected a collective outcry, but instead, there was only a collective shrug. Some calls for a national education summit have been heard, but so far, they have fallen on deaf ears.
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