This second moderated discussion by the Comparative Education Review (CER) in part grows out of a symposium, "Past CIES Presidents Discuss the Value of Comparative and International Education Post-9/11," organized by then-President-Elect Kassie Freeman at the March 2003 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) annual meeting. The symposium stimulated animated discussion and debate among the approximately 150 people who attended. The main issues addressed included what comparative and international educators can contribute to the understanding of the context and reasons for the tragic events of September 11, 2001, as well as what educators and others can/should do in the post-9/11/01 era. This document presents three rounds of essays that were shared with Chester Finn and Justin Torres of the Fordham Foundation. These essays are hoped to stimulate further discussion among CER readers.