Re:The American Dream Isn’t Alive in Denmark
by mrweasel on Friday August 05, 2016 @09:08AM
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>However when your school doesn't know that, doesn't have a history of sending people to college
I see your point, but remember that Denmark is an extremely small country. There are literally no high schools that don't have a history of sending people to college. Of cause there are relatively poor part of town in at least some cities, but mostly those cities aren't big enough that only student from one particular neighbourhood is present in a high school. The high schools will always have a mix rich and poor, highly educated parents and parents with little to no education. Areas of Copenhagen might be the only exception, but I don't honestly know.
The schools can of cause advise a student not to apply to college, but in the end they can't stop the student from applying for college.
Re:The American Dream Isn’t Alive in Denmark
by aedron on Friday August 05, 2016 @09:53AM
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No university in Denmark will qualify applicants based on which area or schools they come from. It wouldn't make sense, since, as a sibling comment mentioned, Denmark is small and close-knit, and the same schools usually have both 'rich' and 'poor' kids.
The "Teach First" scheme in the UK, similar to Teach for America, is powerful because it is potentially the first time school students in many poorer areas will come across someone who has been to a top flight university. Someone who can tell them "you can successfully apply, you will fit in and you will enjoy it". Education results in the UK aren't correlated with the amount spent on education, they're correlated with parental wealth.