schulischer

Schulischer is a German adjective meaning related to school or educational. It derives from the noun Schule (school) plus the general adjective suffix -isch, which forms words describing characteristics or relations. Like other German adjectives, schulisch inflects for gender, number, and case and is most commonly used attributively before a noun.

In practice, schulisch appears in many contexts that concern schooling, education policy, or the school environment. For example, ein schulischer Fortschritt denotes a school-related or educational progress, and schulische Maßnahmen refer to educational measures or initiatives. The form of the adjective changes with the determiner and the grammatical role of the noun: der schulische Fortschritt (masculine singular with a definite article) uses the -e ending, while ein schulischer Fortschritt (indefinite article) also uses the -er ending in practice. In the plural, phrases like schulische Maßnahmen occur without an article, while die schulischen Maßnahmen would use a different ending.

Semantic nuance is primarily functional: schulisch emphasizes relations to schooling, rather than intrinsic qualities of a thing. It can describe aspects of the education system, curricula, school life, or pedagogical approaches. In English translations, it is often rendered as “school-related,” “educational,” or, in some contexts, “scholastic.”

See also: Schule, Schulwesen, Bildung, Bildungswesen, German grammar for adjective inflection.