"Head Compares School with Harry Potter", Heiko Neumann, HR, the Winner of the German School Prize 2026
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As a child, Merz has less desire for school. In Berlin, the Federal Chancellor awards the German School Prize, talks about his motivation as a politician - and why teachers are so important.
This year, the German School Prize goes to Bertha-von-Suttner-Schule in Mörfelden-Walldorf southwest of Frankfurt. At the handover, Chancellor Merz called teachers the "most important professional group in the country".
Only 15 per cent of the children have a high school recommendation, but two thirds of them are high school graduates: Bertha-von-Suttner-Schule in Mörfelden-Walldorf receives the school prize for its concept. Six more schools were awarded.
"Head compares school with Harry Potter", Heiko Neumann, HR, the winner of the German School Prize 2026
The Bertha-von-Suttner-Gesamtschule wins the German School Prize because of its "reflected handling of data". Six other schools were also honored.
BERLIN. Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has recognised teachers as "the most important professional group in our country" and declared education one of the central social tasks. The occasion was the awarding of the German School Prize in Berlin. The main prize went to a Hessian comprehensive school with around 2,000 pupils, which with a systematically developed teaching concept remarkable educational successes [...] The contribution Merz…
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