Whether students educated in different ability tracks in secondary education develop different levels of civic and democratic engagement is yet unclear. To explore this issue, we focus on how schools...

Minister Eppo Bruins (Onderwijs) komt met een speciaal fonds om snel tientallen topwetenschappers naar Nederland te halen. Bruins zegt het niet hardop, maar het gaat vooral om wetenschappers die in de...

The coalition agreement includes the largest budget cuts in higher education since the 1980s. What does this mean for the University of Amsterdam (UvA)? What is the process? What actions are being tak...

Qualitative work highlights the significance of students' interactional cultural capital in educational settings—that is, cultural resources that help to navigate/interact with educational institutio...

Qualitative work highlights the significance of students' interactional cultural capital in educational settings—that is, cultural resources that help to navigate/interact with educational institutio....

De sociaaleconomische status van ouders heeft grote invloed op de middelbareschoolkeuze van kinderen, zegt promovendus Dieuwke Zwier. ‘Kansenongelijkheid wordt hierdoor alleen groter.’

Beluister gemiste uitzendingen van Spraakmakers op NPO Radio .

The effects of the pandemic on track enrolment are smaller than on test scores, but unequally distributed across socioeconomic backgrounds. Student motivation and self-efficacy may form buffers agains...

The allocation of students to ability tracks is often based on teacher recommendations. These recommendations tend to be biased in favor of students from higher...

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