Archive | Minority Education

Slovakia: The Kids of Lunik IX

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Posted on 02 July 2009 by Andy Markowitz

Slideshow: A documentary project shines a light on a successful preschool in Central Europe’s biggest Roma ghetto.

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Russia: Winds of Change from the North

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Posted on 01 June 2009 by Natalia Lazareva

A new research institute aims to preserve national cultures and develop education resources for the small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North.

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Kyrgyzstan: Cold Classrooms

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Posted on 24 April 2009 by Hamid Toursunof

With language barriers and little investment, the only school serving Kyrgyzstan’s Lyuli reflects the tiny community’s limited opportunities.

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Romania: A Doctor in the Family

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Posted on 30 March 2009 by Sinziana Demian

A scholarship program gives ambitious Romani students a chance to join the healing profession.

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Georgia: One History for All

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Posted on 10 December 2008 by Vicken Cheterian

Georgian students speaking different languages will soon all have the same, more inclusive textbooks.

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Romania: Teaching Diversity by the Book

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Posted on 05 November 2008 by Sinziana Demian

A schoolbook becomes popular with a message that the majority is just one among many cultures living in Romania.

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Macedonia: Class Struggle

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Posted on 01 October 2007 by Ljubica Grozdanovska Dimishkovska

Ethnic divisions in Macedonian schools reached a dangerous peak after 2001. Since then, the government has done little to improve the situation.

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Estonia: Twisted Tongues

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Posted on 25 September 2007 by Joel Alas

Debates about whether the country’s Russian population should be forced to learn Estonian are raising questions about long-standing citizenship requirements and multiculturalism.

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Call for Papers

As part of the Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe Initiative the Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute (OSI) announces a competition open to individuals on the elaboration of research papers using the statistical data collected as part of the 2009 Cross-National Survey of Parents in South East Europe (SEE) countries. Proposals are invited primarily from graduate students and early career researchers.

Application deadline: February 20th 2010.