Andreas Salcher

Andreas Salcher (born 18 December 1960 in Vienna) is a former Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), co-founder of the Sir Karl Popper School, consultant and author.

He earned a PhD in business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in 1986 and completed the „Program for Senior Manager in Government” at Harvard University in 1989.

In 1985 Andreas Salcher started his political career as Chairman of the Youth Wing of the Vienna ÖVP. In 1987 he became the youngest member to be elected to the Vienna state parliament, whose member he remained over a period of 12 years. From 1992 to 1996 he was Vice Chairman of the Vienna ÖVP. During the term of Peter Marboe, City Councillor of Culture, he served as Chairman of the Vienna City Culture Committee. In 2005 he left the Vienna state parliament.

After a meeting with Karl Popper in London, Andreas Salcher founded Austria’s first school for the highly gifted in 1998. Since then he has been Executive Vice President of the Association of the "Sir Karl Popper School”, which regards itself as a learning system that makes mistakes, admits them, reflects on them, and endeavors to correct them along the lines of trial and error.

His latest book, "Der talentierte Schüler und seine Feinde" (The Talented Kid and His Enemy), set off a heated debate on values in the Austrian school system. In his book, Salcher asserts that talents are systematically being destroyed at school, and he appeals to both parents and teachers to assume responsibility for every child’s talents. The findings of his work prompted Salcher to launch a new project that is to reinvent the school of tomorrow together with the world’s brightest minds.

External links

* [http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/SET=3/TTL=1/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=8500&SRT=YOP&TRM=andreas+salcher/ Andreas Salcher] in the German National Library Catalogue
* [http://www.andreassalcher.com/en/ Andreas Salcher’s Homepage]