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Equal Education sways Western Cape Minister of Education to support, not close, two poor performing schools
When a school is closed, it is not just the end of an institution but of a history, heritage and a community. Schools are more than places of learning. They […]
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Teachers in Double Jeopardy
In August, Konstantin Shcherbina, the director of a sports academy in the town of Krasnoturansk in Siberia, was looking forward to receiving the title of “honorary master of education of […]
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In Albania, Madrasas Even the Secular Love
TIRANA | It’s the first week of the new school year and teenage boys race down corridors, shouting and laughing, on their way to the next class. In the tented […]
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New Interactive Manual for teacher headmasters is good help in introducing Critical Thinking methods in Russia’s North Caucasus region
On September 20 – October 10, 2012 Dialogue International Association organized a series of master classes for more than 250 teachers of North Caucasus schools to introduce a new publication […]
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Macedonia’s Cooling-Off Period
SKOPJE | Macedonia has two recent histories: one for ethnic Macedonians and another for the ethnic Albanians who make up about a quarter of the population. The two sides fought […]
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Equal Education Launches Virtual Picket for Minimum Norms and Standards for School Infrastructure – Join our campaign!
Equal Education’s ground breaking court case for Minimum Norms and Standards for School Infrastructure is set to start on 20 November 2012. The court case follows two years of campaign […]
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EELC: A law centre dedicated to advancing the right to a basic education
January of this year saw the launching of the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), a team of young dynamic professionals targeting their collective talents towards ensuring the realisation of every […]
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Slovakia: Cut education spending to give more money to schools
While Slovakia’s state budget chapter on education for the next year may seem to be increasing, in fact it’s not.
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Czech educators visit inclusive schools in Leicester, U.K.
The Open Society Fund Prague organized a three-day study tour to the UK for 10 professionals from the Karlovy Vary region in western Czech Republic where the majority of Roma […]
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Arrested Development
VILNIUS | Edita Bagdoniene is a happily married mother of two, but sometimes she gets so frustrated taking care of her young sons day in and day out that she […]
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