Die neue Klassenfrage
Strategien gegen Bildungsarmut: Schulsystem und soziale Blockaden
6 December 2010, 7.30pm
Frankfurter Rundschau / Depot Sachsenhausen / Karl-Gerold-Platz 1 / Frankfurt am Main
There is general agreement that education sets the stage for social exclusion or inclusion. Yet what would a just school system look like, what model would it have to follow and what concrete measures would be required? Who are the relevant actors and what means are required for effectively combating injustice? Proponents of the principle of equality call for equal access to all domains of education. However, the call for equality raises new questions which revolve around issues such as promoting personal skills, cultural differences and performance requirements. Researchers and practitioners discuss a central issue of justice of our time.
The panel
Jutta Ebeling (The Greens) is Mayor and Head of the Department of Education and Women’s Affairs of the City of Frankfurt.
Andreas Gold is Professor of Educational Psychology at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
Wolfgang Herbst is Headmaster of the boarding school Hansenberg Castle in Geisenheim-Johannisberg.
Udo Rauin is Professor of Empirical School and Classroom Research at the Goethe University Frankfurt and Director of the Centre for Teacher Training and School and Classroom Research.
Mechthild Wagenhoff is Headmistress of the Carlo-Mierendorff-Schule, an integrated comprehensive school of the City of Frankfurt.
Moderator: Katja Irle (FR)