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isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/archives/149</guid> <description><![CDATA[80% of teachers (excluding universities) in Cataunya today have decided to go on strike in protest of a future law regarding education in the region. These past few days teachers have been &#8220;recommending&#8221; that children stay at home as &#8220;we can&#8217;t guarantee the service that a child deserves&#8221; said Rosa Cañadell &#8211; spokesperson from the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/80-of-teachers-on-strike-in-catalunya.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Catalan kids don&#8217;t know their Spanish geography!</title><link>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/catalan-kids-dont-know-their-spanish-geography.html</link> <comments>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/catalan-kids-dont-know-their-spanish-geography.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:35:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Catalonia</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Schooling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spanish Education System]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Catalans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[barcelona spain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[catalan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[catalunya]]></category> <category><![CDATA[school in catalonia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spanish articles]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/archives/98</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was sort of horrified to learn this morning whilst my 10 year old daughter was going over her homework in Catalan that Catalonia&#8217;s primary school children know virtually nothing about the rest of Spain regarding geography. My wife happened to ask her if she knew any of the names of Spain&#8217;s river and she drew a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/catalan-kids-dont-know-their-spanish-geography.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>71</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>School failure in catalonia intensifies</title><link>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/school-failure-in-catalonia-intensifies.html</link> <comments>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/school-failure-in-catalonia-intensifies.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:45:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Catalonia</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Schooling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[catalonia school failure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[costa brava]]></category> <category><![CDATA[education catalunya spain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[school failure catalonia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[school failure in catalonia]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/archives/93</guid> <description><![CDATA[One in three young people abandon their studies before the end of their secondary education.Catalonia is at the head of this sad list of school failures in Spain and the E.U according to a study carried out by The Jaume Bofill Foundation. If the state average is 30%, here in Catalonia it reaches 34%. Only [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/school-failure-in-catalonia-intensifies.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Barcelona doesn&#8217;t speak English!</title><link>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/barcelona-doesnt-speak-english.html</link> <comments>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/barcelona-doesnt-speak-english.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:20:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Catalonia</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Schooling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[catalonia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[english level in barcelona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[esade school]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/archives/58</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was reading one of the local daily newspapers which are given away free in Barcelona yesterday and one headline caught my eye; it said &#8220;Barcelona doesn&#8217;t speak English&#8221;. The article was talking about the low level of English spoken in Barcelona and Catalonia and went on to say that as much as 70% of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/barcelona-doesnt-speak-english.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ever had trouble with schooling?</title><link>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/ever-had-trouble-with-schooling.html</link> <comments>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/ever-had-trouble-with-schooling.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:47:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Catalonia</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Schooling]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://lifeincatalonia.com/?p=17</guid> <description><![CDATA[Have you ever had trouble at school here in Catalonia? Trouble, what trouble you may ask? About 95% of the children&#8217;s schooling here is in the Catalan language. Is it fair to treat Castellano as a second language or should there be more Castellano or Spanish language taught? Your thoughts please&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/ever-had-trouble-with-schooling.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Spanish Education System, Secondary education &#8211; E.S.O</title><link>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/the-spanish-education-system-secondary-education-eso.html</link> <comments>http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/the-spanish-education-system-secondary-education-eso.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:48:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Catalonia</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Schooling]]></category> <guid
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