Increased grade requirements for high school will primarily affect young people from non-academic homes, immigrants and their descendants, and boys.
Written by Rasmus Landersø, Mille Bjørk and Anders Hjorth-Trolle
This content is only available in Danish (“Øget karakterkrav på gymnasiet vil primært ramme unge fra gymnasiefremmede hjem, indvandrere og efterkommere, og drenge”)
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