The idea of “free education” is one of Europe’s favorite myths. It sounds noble, progressive, egalitarian. You imagine open doors, equal opportunity, and knowledge available to anyone who shows up with curiosity and a pen. But if you trace the roots of the modern European school and university system, the picture becomes less romantic and more functional — functional in a Prussian sense. The Prussian education system, established in the early 18th and 19th centuries, was not created to uplift...

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