Education is global 🌎 there is so much to learn.
The Gymnasium am Müesterplatz is a K-12 school that located in Basel, Switzerland, where Dr. Eugen Krieger, is the principal of the secondary school.
As part of Teach With Love our cohort had the opportunity of touring the school and engaging in a Q&A with the school leader.
✳️ The school has been upgraded each year to offer spaces that are innovative and foster collaboration.
✳️Students are tracked to determine if they are best suited for college or a trade program that includes paid apprenticeships throughout high school.
✳️Children are not required to begin school until 6 years old and when they enter the school system the focus is not academics, but socialization, sustainability, and home economics.
✳️College is FREE, so there is no burden on the students or their families.
✳️Those who enter the pathway of trade school can still go to college, whenever they are ready.
✳️Standardized tests are not administer, teachers create their own exams in all scrolls.
✳️ Top grades are not mandatory, nor exams like the ACT or SAT to apply to universities.
🔺Mental health is a concern, students have been provided with support for suicidal ideations, eating disorders, and drug use.
🔺Managing parents, who want their children to go to college, even if they don’t have an interest.
🔺 Teachers salaries are higher, but the cost of living is very expensive.
While no school system is perfect, the ways in which students are cared for and teachers are given autonomy is impressive.
Unless we travel or have a connection to people who can share their experiences in other counties in education, we would never know what is happening in classrooms beyond the US.
Find out more about the upcoming trips on for 2024 and 2025. I’ll be co-leading a mini-leadership summit in Mexico City, join me and let’s build community and passport stamp together. See below👇🏾
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