RdJB Recht der Jugend und des Bildungswesens

The federal and state governments want to raise a total of 20 billion euros for the school system with the Startchancen programme. The programme is intended to support schools with a high proportion of socially disadvantaged schoolchildren. In terms...

The new Bavarian school fees guideline standardizes statewide conditions for prohibiting segregation, defines “school fees,” lists impermissible segregation effects, and permissible models. It has implications for business considerations, tax...

The article discusses the decision of the Administrative Court of Düsseldorf (order of 4 December 2024, case no. 18 L 2925/24) regarding the ban on wearing the niqab in the classroom in light of current case law and academic literature on the...

School social work has become an essential part of the state education system, addressing the social, personal, and academic challenges faced by children and adolescents. In the context of tensions between the educational mandate of schools and...

Austria is a federal republic and in 2019 its constituion was adapted. There is a board of education („Bildungsdirektion“) in every federal state, which combines the administration of federation and states in one authority. We summarize the...

The article examines reform perspectives for the federal distribution of competences in the area of school education. It analyzes constitutional limits, institutional models and concrete possibilities for change to achieve a more cooperative and...

The question of whether a compulsory last year of nursery school is permissible under German constitutional law has been the subject of controversial debate in the literature to date. This article, which is based on a legal opinion for the State...

Students with health impairments have claims against the university for reasonable accommodation, in particular compensation for disadvantages in examinations, and barrier-free study conditions as well as claims for support services from social...

The Refugee Teachers Program at the University of Potsdam, Germany, ran from April 2016 to March 2025 and supported international teachers in (re)entering the German school system during this period. This article highlights the administrative...

The article sheds light on the limits of demand planning as they result from the case law of the 1970s and 1980s and shows under which conditions moderate and demand-considering incentive and steering approaches are constitutionally permissible...

The secondment of civil servant teachers to another school against their will harbours considerable dynamite. Civil servants are often unwilling to accept a change of position, although as civil servants they must be aware that although their...

The nationwide shortage of skilled labour in the teaching profession is also affecting the federal state of Bremen. This practical article first outlines the specific challenges facing the two-city state before concluding with selected measures for...

Forgive them, for they know not what they do. Interdisciplinary subjects face challenges such as out-of-field teaching, but how widespread are they and which effects can be detected? We put integrated science and social studies subjects to the test.

The current shortage of teachers contrasts with different forecasts of future staffing levels. How are such forecasts drawn up and what causes their different results? What educational policy options are available to influence the demand for...

The article presents forms and experiences of implementing political education in youth prisons from the perspective of in-house teachers and social workers. Important framework conditions and topics for educational work in schools or external...

The article presents the seminar “Uni im Vollzug” (University in Prison), which has been taking place in Tegel prison since the fall of 2018 as a collaboration between Freie Universität Berlin, Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, and...

Despite the continuous digitalization, internet access is highly restricted within the detention system of German-speaking countries. Digital content, secure internet access and a mailing program for detainees are provided by the elis plattform for...