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Taking over schools is taking over the heart and minds of the next generation: The case of Hungary

By Ksenia Northmore-Ball (University of Nottingham; email: ldzkan@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk)   Whoever, in a given society, controls the content of school textbooks is in the highly privileged position of shaping how the next generation of citizens views the world. As the American Pulitzer-winning journalist and historian, Frances FitzGerald has said, school textbooks “tell children what their elders … Continue reading Taking over schools is taking over the heart and minds of the next generation: The case of Hungary