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Frances Mechan-Schmidt
All articles by Frances Mechan-Schmidt
Controversial couple cause double trouble
Germany Teacher keeps talk shows busy as her ‘authoritarian’ style married with her husband’s provocative politics spark outrage
25 March 2011
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your Hans
Germany – The ‘happiness movement’ is helping pupils to enjoy school, which used to be akin to a dentist trip for many
7 January 2011
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your Hans
Germany – The ‘happiness movement’ is helping pupils to enjoy school, which used to be akin to a dentist trip for many
7 January 2011
View from here - Speaking up over use of native tongue
Government efforts to move away from a multicultural society in Germany have been halted at the school gates, says Frances Mechan-Schmidt
12 November 2010
Integration in pieces as pupils are tongue-tied
Germany Chancellor Merkel says attempts at a multicultural society have ‘failed’ but protests halt one-language plan at playground gates
29 October 2010
View from here - Hamburg ructions over reform
Mayor Ole von Beust was forced to resign after voters rejected his plan to extend primary education in the city, writes Frances Mechan- Schmidt
10 September 2010