Guest commentary: Germany needs an education treaty
Education policy must not depend on election periods. Precisely in times of AI, schools need uniform standards, Silke Müller, digital ambassador of Lower Saxony, demands.
The article discusses the German education system, describing it as being similar to "ruin management" and heavily dependent on parental influence. The author argues that with the rise of AI, schools need to reevaluate what children should know, understand, and be able to judge. Former school leader and current entrepreneur Karin Prien, the Federal Minister of Education, is quoted as lamenting parents' seeming lack of interest in their children's education, but the author counters that people have different financial, personal, and time resources.
The author also criticizes the bureaucratic process of hiring teachers, citing that they are often limited by lists created by the Ministries of Education.
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