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The political context of reforms and the condition of the Polish school during the first term of rule of Law and Justice
The political context of reforms and the condition of the Polish school during the first term of rule of Law and Justice

Author(s): Natalia Stępień-Lampa
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Governance, Politics and society, State/Government and Education, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Environmental interactions
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: the school system reform; the shutdown of the junior secondary schools; the political context of the educational changes; the social moods; PISA 2018

Summary/Abstract: The article characterizes the most important changes in the school system undertaken in 2015—2019 and the political context of these changes. The author analyzes the increase in compulsory education age and the assumptions of the education system reform as a result of which junior high schools were closed. The next part presents the public opinion about the Polish school and its implemented change. The final issue taken up in the study is the results of the PISA 2018.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 49-59
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English