More than half of the poorest parents in Denmark say payments linked to public school are putting pressure on their household finances, a new survey has found. The costs can also leave children feeling isolated, DR reports. Although public school is free in Denmark, families may still pay for ite…

Denmark’s Moderates party wants to abolish Aula, the communication platform used by schools, after-school programmes and day-care services, but parents are divided over the proposal, DR reported. The party has called Aula a “tumour in the family” and said the volume of communication has become ex…

More than one in 10 pupils failed to pass both Danish and mathematics in the 2025-26 school year, according to figures reported by DR. A total of 10.5 per cent did not achieve at least grade 2 in both subjects. School researcher Andreas Rasch-Christensen of VIA University College called the figur…

Education Minister Magnus Heunicke will read hundreds of suggestions from parents on how to improve Denmark’s public schools, DR reported. The proposals were handed to him after a large parents’ meeting at Engskolen in Herlev on Thursday evening. Heunicke had invited parents to what was described…

Denmark’s 15-year-olds have recorded their weakest-ever Pisa results in reading, mathematics and science, according to DR. Andreas Schleicher, the OECD director for education and skills who launched the international assessments, says smartphones and artificial intelligence are part of the proble…

Denmark’s latest Pisa results show that students have never performed worse in mathematics, reading and science, DR reports. The findings have been described as alarming and a disaster, renewing debate over the country’s public school system. The Pisa study has had a major influence on Danish sch…

Danish 15-year-olds have achieved their weakest-ever results in the OECD’s latest PISA assessment, DR reports. Scores fell in mathematics, reading and science, but the decline was also recorded across the Nordic region and much of the world. The PISA study, published every three years, measures h…

Hizb ut-Tahrir has launched a campaign aimed at Muslim upper-secondary students, drawing criticism from Danish school leaders and concern from Immigration and Integration Minister Morten Bødskov, DR reports. Under the headline “Stand firm in your Islamic identity and wear it with pride”, the Isla…