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[caption id="attachment_806" align="alignleft" width="300"] Anja Schillhaneck; photo: Anaïs Bordes under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0   [/caption]During the Winter Academy we invited Anja Schillhaneck, Vice President of the Berlin Parliament and Spokeswoman for Science, Sport, European and Federal Affairs for the parliamentary group of the green party "Bündnis 90/Die Grünen", to share her expertise in the field of education policy with the participants.In her presentation "Right to Education and Equal Education Opportunities. A View from Berlin" Anja Schillhaneck introduced the German education system and explained the particular challenges that arise from the three-tiered school system in terms of inequality and social mobility.[caption id="attachment_807" align="alignright" width="300"] Discussion with Anja Schillhaneck; photo: Anaïs Bordes under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[/caption]Drawing on her practical experience as a politician, she also discussed how recent reforms of the school system in Berlin try to increase the equality of education opportunities. During the lively discussion with the participants which covered various topics ranging from the "PISA shock" to university enrollment fees, Anja Schillhaneck provided interesting insights into current debates within German education policy.You can also find a report by Anaïs Bordes on the discussion on Anja Schillhaneck’s website (available in German).