Documentary

Backlight

Tegenlicht in Dutch or Backlight in English is a series of television documentaries by the VPRO, a Dutch public broadcasting organisation. Backlight "aims to grasp the quintessence of prominent trends and developments" in the practice of critical journalism, and tries to improve understanding of the intricate inner workings of our modern society.

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Tegenlicht

First Air Date

September 8, 2002

Last Air Date

April 7, 2024

Seasons

23

Episodes

587

Language

Dutch

Production Companies

VPRO

Networks

VPRO

Nederland bij de les
S23E04

Nederland bij de les

What is going on with our education? The need for tutoring and homework help is greater than ever. Does this create a new gap and greater inequality of opportunity in society? Parents, education experts and activists are looking for a better future for our education. Louisa Boulkhrif and dozens of volunteers run a large tutoring school in Rotterdam for children whose parents have little money. Education activist Sezgin Cihangir is director of the Netherlands Mathematical Institute, which offers its own method for, among other things, arithmetic and language. He advocates making almost all forms of tutoring redundant.

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