Today we discuss one of the contextual factors influencing education: politics! Our guest of today is active in local politics and we learn why and how he feels he can contribute to education in this way. We talk about the power of politics and decisions on freedom of school choice, stimulation of equity, but also allocation of funds and the increasing amount of private profits in education in Sweden.
Do you want to know more about Daniel? Click here to be directed to his LinkedIn profile.
The book Daniel was talking about in his answer to the quick-fire questions, is titled Det fria ordet by Johannes Klenell (in Swedish)
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Looking for more information? Here are some things to read:
- Specifically about Sweden: Löfstedt, P. (2019). Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Swedish Schools. In L. Volante, S. V. Schnepf, J. Jerrim, & D. A. Klinger (Eds.), Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes - Cross-national Trends, Policies and Practices (pp. 133-152). Singapore: Springer Singapore.
- Or try the entire book: Volante, L., Schnepf, S. V., Jerrim, J., & Klinger, D. A. (2019). Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes - Cross-national Trends, Policies and Practices. Singapore: Springer Singapore.
- International: Strietholt, R., Gustafsson, J.-E., Hogrebe, N., Rolfe, V., Rosén, M., Steinmann, I., & Yang Hansen, K. (2019). The Impact of Education Policies on Socioeconomic Inequality in Student Achievement: A Review of Comparative Studies. In L. Volante, S. V. Schnepf, J. Jerrim, & D. A. Klinger (Eds.), Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes: Cross-national Trends, Policies and Practices (pp. 17-38). Singapore: Springer Singapore.
- International: Lundahl, L. (2017). Marketization of the urban educational space. Inkluderande Och Konkurrerande. Gymnasieskolan i Skärningspunkten Mellan Social Inkludering Och Marknadisering Second International Handbook of Urban Education Springer International Handbooks of Education, 671–693. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40317-5_36
