Bildungssystem am Limit – was brauchen Gelsenkirchens Schulen?

In the organizer's words:

The education system is in crisis nationwide, but in Gelsenkirchen this is particularly evident. A total of 40 schools here are taking part in the federal government's Startchancen program. This means that these schools urgently need investment. In classrooms and classrooms, in teaching materials and in staff.

On November 27, 2025, we will talk about the situation at Gelsenkirchen's schools and which deficits in the German education system are particularly visible here. We will be discussing this on the podium with Ralf Niebisch, principal of the Goldberg vocational college, David Gehne, political scientist and managing director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Regional Research at the Ruhr University Bochum, and Tobias Hauswurz, head of the Spotlight Gelsenkirchen local editorial team. Above all, however, we would like to enter into an exchange with the audience. The evening will be moderated by CORRECTIV reporter Miriam Lenz, who has been researching the German education system and the Startchancen program in particular for years.