>>"reform" stems from the present schools' aversion to "rote learning", which, in my opinion, is part of any learning process. <<

I agree with you, W. Rote isn't toto, but, it's part of pie -- I'd only bracket "any." As a child of the days of this aversion's cresting, I can tell you it is no wave to ride.

Is the reform pan-germanic, or only pan-german?