LISTEN: How can Sweden make its schools less segregated?

In this bonus episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by panelists Emma Löfgren, Richard Orange, and Becky Waterton for the second part of our interview with Emma Leijnse, schools reporter for the Sydsvenkan newspaper and the author of several books on the Swedish school system. 

After last week's episode, Richard had some thoughts about what international studies say about schools:

• OPINION: Why I hope the stats are right about Swedish children's reading and maths 

Other topics we discuss in this episode include: 

School segregation 

• What's behind the rising inequality in Sweden's schools, and can it be fixed?

PIRLS study

• Swedish reading skills fell in 2021 despite decision to keep schools open

PISA study

• What do the Pisa rankings really tell us about Swedish schools?

Boys & girls

• Opinion: Why Sweden should care about boys falling behind in school

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