significant decrease in education inequality or in its persistence across generations during the past decades in Germany. This …Despite the educational expansion since the 1960s and the rise of the average education level, there has been no … depressing realisation is not held by all authors; some others identify positive developments in education. The explanation for …

The deteriorating competencies of pupils in recent years and the increasing inequality of educational opportunities … reading to them. Children from educationally disadvan-taged households attend early childhood education less often; their … increase educational equity, parents in particular should receive more language support in early childhood education; all …

not all information sources are used to analyse and improve education policy in Germany. Here it is argued that providing …