Against the background of implementing the project „One Square Kilometer of Education“ in Berlin-Neukölln in the past two years, the successful set-up of a transfer location in Berlin-Moabit, and the planned or completed establishment of additional „Square Kilometers“, amongst others in Mannheim, Herten and Wuppertal, this is a summary of the underlying concept of „One Square Kilometer of Education“ and its development.
The intention is to encourage the different „Square Kilometers“, their supporting organizations and partners to be part of a program with clearly defined characteristics that do not contradict regional profiles but rather make evident that all local models of „One Square Kilometer of Education“ provide basic answers to five questions:
- How can processes of education in a city district be organized so that they can be integrated, interconnected and ensure the success of children and adolescents?
- How can the quality in day-care centers, youth welfare centers and schools be improved and controlled with the participation – if possible – of all groups involved?
- How can the participation of parents be ensured?
- Under what conditions can different approaches be integrated in and transferred from the program?
- How can municipalities, state administrative offices, foundations and civic society cooperate in this connection?
The further development of the „One Square Kilometer of Education“ program is reflected in discussions of the Freudenberg Foundation, Breuninger Foundation, RAA Berlin, in the „Square Kilometers“ themselves and during the 14th Transatlantic Forum of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt on Wasan Island/Canada.
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