DR has published a set of recommendations from two national parent organizations on how families and staff should use the school platform Aula, as a debate continues over whether the system should be scrapped.
The article, published on September 17, 2026, was reported by DR. It follows criticism from those who describe Aula as a growth in family life that damages the relationship between parents and teachers. DR spoke to two organizations that represent parents in schools and daycare.
Regitze Spenner Ishøy, national chair of the association Skole og Forældre, told DR she finds that connection strained. According to her, Aula can work if the framework is set correctly and expectations between parents and staff are clear. She said the responsibility runs in both directions.
Social Minister Monika Rubin, of the Moderates, is quoted by DR as saying it is unclear what would replace Aula if it were removed. In principle, according to her, a replacement could also take the form of an app. No decision on the platform’s future is described in the report.
What the two organizations recommend
The first point concerns the reply all button. Signe Nielsen, director of Fola, the parents’ national organization for daycare, told DR that parents should not message every family about a child’s lost Pokemon cards. Individual messages should be sent individually, she said, or people stop reading them.
Ishøy recommends that teachers and parents agree on use at the parents’ meeting at the start of the school year. According to her, they should discuss what is relevant to share with everyone, the difference between posts and messages, and where the weekly plan is kept.
She also advises parents to check whether the school board at their own school has adopted principles for Aula use. As stated by Ishøy, that lets parents see the framework teachers work within. It also makes it easier for them to act as constructive partners, she said.
A further point concerns response times. Ishøy noted that there is no customer service department waiting to answer parents who write in Aula. Per her recommendation, schools and parents should agree on when replies can be expected, and whether parents are assumed to log in daily.
For daycare, Nielsen recommends that difficult messages be delivered by phone rather than in writing. Written communication is very hard, she told DR, and staff are strong in personal relationships rather than in writing. The recommendations apply to both parents and staff across Danish schools and daycare settings.
Aula is also used in daycare institutions such as kindergartens, according to Fola. DR’s article does not state how many schools have adopted written guidelines for the platform.
