Janusz Korczak

Born: July 22, 1878, Warsaw, Poland

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Murdered: August 7, 1942, Treblinka extermination camp

Janusz Korczak and his work as an educator and children's activist has inspired the K-School Accreditation. 

This accreditation honors Korczak's belief that all children deserve to be taken seriously, respected, and treated with kindness. 

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Janusz Korczak's Declaration of Children's Rights has been used as the framework for this accreditation. To learn more about this declaration click here.