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The PISA disaster – how to run a nation’s education system into the ground.

The PISA disaster – how to run a nation’s education system into the ground.

Webinar Date: Monday, 21 September 2026 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm Speaker: Josef Kraus. Never before has Germany performed so poorly in PISA assessments. Alongside home-grown causes, imported problems are also contributing to this. What needs to be done to save Germany from decline?
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Causes of and ways out of the education crisis

web seminar

Date: Monday, 21 September 2026

7–9 p.m.

Speaker: Josef Kraus.

Germany has never performed so poorly in PISA studies. As well as home-grown causes, imported problems are also contributing to this. What needs to be done to save Germany from decline?

Josef Kraus (*1949), journalist, retired head teacher, qualified psychologist, honorary president of the German Teachers„ Association from 1987 to 2017 and successful author of, amongst others, *Helikoptereltern* (2013), *How to Run a Nation of Educators into the Ground* (2017), *50 Years of Re-education – The “68ers and Their Legacy* (2018), „The German Subject“ (2021), „In the Rausch of Decadence“ (2024) and, most recently, „The Black Book of State Broadcasting“ (2026).

The conference fee is €15.

Registration via https://erasmus-stiftung.de/angebote/
After submitting the form, you will receive an automatic confirmation of receipt and, if places are still available, a prompt confirmation of your participation.
If your application is successful, you will receive a further email two days in advance containing a link to easily dial into a Zoom meeting.

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