Everyone remembers how The PISA tests revealed the low level of our students in mathematics or reading comprehension. These tests also revealed a low level in science, but few talk about this, even though Catalan students' knowledge of biology, technology, and earth sciences is eight points below the Spanish average and that of OECD countries. In this same vein, the basic skills tests administered by the Generalitat (Catalan government) in sixth grade show that science receives the worst scores of all subjects. In the last year evaluated, 2025, science is the only subject with a failing grade. No other subject has such poor results. Catalan children know more English than physics or geology.

Those of us who work with children in the early stages of education celebrate and applaud the fact that the latest curriculum reform of 2023 affirmed from the outset that "the early childhood education curriculum integrates the first and second cycles into a single educational stage with its own identity." This is a demand that has been made by the educational reform movements, with the journal CHILDHOOD As a keynote speaker, he has championed and defended his position for decades. The problem is that these good intentions, when they come down to earth, end up being just wishful thinking, because the reality is that we have a completely fragmented political landscape.

With one daughter in the first year of secondary school, another in the third year of primary school, and a third on the way, Sonia still finds time to dedicate to the Parents' Association (AFA) at her second daughter's school. She's on the board along with two other mothers, with whom she shares the responsibilities. In their case, they're in charge of organizing and managing after-school programs, including supervision, the school cafeteria—whose menus are still being decided—and extracurricular activities, as well as collaborating with the school when needed. She does it out of altruism and values ​​the palpable sense of solidarity. "It's hard work, but manageable," Sonia explains. She sees it as a form of political activism for the benefit of everyone, since their decisions ultimately have political implications, and it's essential that the board shares certain values, such as inclusion, to avoid disagreements. "There are times when you'd like to throw everything into action, honestly," she adds, "times when you think, 'Why am I even here?'"

For four years, from 14th to second grade, Martí had the same tutor at the public school where he attends. The boy formed a strong bond with the teacher, but his mother—and indeed most families—believed a change was necessary, mainly so the children would learn other ways of teaching and interacting. However, the truth is that it was fortunate that he was able to make the transition from preschool to elementary school with the same teacher, since the change of grade took Martí's strength, and maintaining this familiar figure made it less burdensome. Marc's daughter, Aurora, attends a Montessori school. There, students have the same tutor for three consecutive years, but several situations led to a loss of trust from the family toward the teacher, which ended with the demand for a change of tutor.

Among the words hidden in the word search there are fast, charity, Passover... Concepts specific to the Easter calendar, which religion teacher Pau Estanyol uses to introduce them in the class he teaches at La Vall del Terri School (Pla de l'Estany). Of the more than 250 students at the school, only two in the first year of primary school and one in the second year are taking this subject. This is the reality experienced by many Catalan public schools: the percentage of students who took religion in public schools during the 2023-2024 academic year was 10.50% (69,571 students out of 662,315 total students), according to data from the Department of Education. In private schools, including subsidized schools, the figure rises to 62.73% (198,696 students out of 320,821 total students).

"You will hang the notes in the classroom"Això ho trobarem al campus virtual?". sporadically with the company on the coast, "recognizes Martina, a university student. 80% of her professors have the contingut to the virtual classroom, and therefore, approximately the most important thing is the material that is explained to the classroom. La Ioana, 22 years old, is also a university student and, in her home, 70% of the contingut that is The virtual classroom is the one the teacher gives. "You can pass without joining the class because you repeat the material," he admits. At Batxillerat, he recalls, there were more notes because it couldn't be used as a study technique. "It's changed because studying the capitals of Europe isn't the material, it's giving a reflective class."

When the Department of Education and Vocational Training launched the Sensei Program –temporary initial teaching residency program The management team and coordinators of the Migdia School in Girona thought that the program would be an opportunity for the entire educational community. They proposed it to the teaching staff and everyone agreed. "We are now in the second year of this pilot plan and we are delighted," says the current director, Marta Massó, who was then head of studies. The program is a two-year pilot test, which began in 2023-24 and will end this year, and which combines half a day of teaching and half a day of training with the aim of implementing a kind of MIR (similar to that of doctors) but aimed at teachers and professors in the future.