Obsessing over history and identity won’t educate our kids or bring them closer together

Forgive me if I take advantage of my posting rights to reply to Andy Pollak’s interesting post on  cross border exchanges  in education and go on to  widen the issue.  Much closer cooperation is a no brainer. What’s stopping  it?  The introverted pressures of financial austerity? Preoccupation with different systems and problems N&S?  Might it be seen – wrongly  –  as a pleasant optional extra rather than a significant contribution? Fifteen years since the GFA fundamental questions  need to be revisited. …

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