Getting in Touch
Contact information for Chalkboard, Transitions Online, and the Open Society Institute’s Education Support Program. More »
About Chalkboard
TOL Chalkboard is the premier resource for analysis of education reform in countries in transition. Chalkboard articles explore all angles of these countries’ educational systems, from state policy, to teachers and students, themselves. In addition to regular features, a series of education reform snapshots examine social exclusion, accountability in educational systems, equitable and efficient state education expenditures, anti-corruption and transparency, as well as good governance and open society values as applied to education. More »
About Transitions Online
Transitions Online (TOL) is a nonprofit organization based in Prague supporting the development of a strong, independent media in the 29 post-communist countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Last year, TOL trained more than 300 journalists and journalism students from some 50 countries through grant-funded and commercial training seminars. The organization also publishes an award-winning online news magazine featuring articles by up-and-coming journalists across the region. More »
Educating Journalists
Training journalists and improving professional standards across the region has been a key goal of Transitions Online from the outset. In May and June of 2008, TOL held two pioneering online distance courses designed to improve coverage of education issues. The most promising graduates of the course were invited for a 4-day seminar in Prague in September 2008, covering advanced news writing, freelancing, interviewing and feature writing skills taught by Douglas Lytle (Bloomberg), Barbara Frye (TOL), and Linda Christmas, a seasoned British journalist who has worked for The Guardian and other UK newspapers.
Read what one participant, Natalia Lazareva, wrote about her experience of the seminar »
About the Open Society Institute
The Open Society Institute (OSI) works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve its mission, OSI seeks to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. OSI places a high priority on protecting and improving the lives of people in marginalized communities. More »
About the Education Support Program
The Education Support Program (ESP) and its network partners support education reform in countries in transition, combining best practice and policy to strengthen open society values. ESP works to facilitate change in education and national policy development. Support is focused in Central Asia, the Caucasus, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, South Asia and Southern Africa. More »
Education Newsletter
This bi-monthly newsletter features Open Society Education News highlights, including upcoming events and new publications, and all of TOL’s education articles. Subscribers will also receive notifications about opportunities to contribute to TOL’s education section.
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