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Georgia: Pilot Program
Tbilisi’s public school No. 43 is one of 100 schools implementing a pilot version of the National Curriculum Program, a key element of the Ministry of Education and Science’s reform […]
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Kyrgyzstan: A Corrupted Future
OSH | “A friend of mine has been working in Russia for the last two years,” says Rustam Saidov, a third-year student from a university based in Osh. “Every six […]
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Romania: Do Not Disturb
BUCHAREST | High school junior Alexandru Marinescu likes history so much that he decided years ago to include it on his baccalaureate exams next summer. But weeks ago he learned […]
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Ukraine: Villain Today, Hero Tomorrow
DONETSK, Ukraine | Olena Yegorova wept through a winter night before her last day as a history teacher in this eastern Ukrainian city. That day in January, she gave a […]
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Belarus: Payback Time
In July 2008, while visiting local authorities in the Kamianiec region, President of Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenka alarmed many soon-to-be graduates when he remarked on the lack of qualified doctors and […]
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Turkey: A Revolution Long in the Making
ISTANBUL, Turkey – At first glance, the Capa primary school in central Istanbul looks like any typical state school. But, beyond appearances, its teachers and students are in the vanguard […]
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Kosovo: No Playground Politics
PEC, Kosovo | The children of Brestovik, of both Serbian and Albanian ethnicity, spent most of their summer days playing together in the village schoolyard, even if they would be […]
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Russia: New Approaches for a New Generation
KRASNODAR, Russia | Teachers of the humanities and social sciences often find it hard to compete with the information available to their adolescent students in this fast-paced digital age. Furthermore, […]
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Slovenia: More Scholarships or More Problems?
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia | In the last year, Slovenia has witnessed sharp increases in the prices of basic necessities like food, gas and electricity. An inflation rate of 5.6 % means […]
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Macedonia: The Politics of Incompetence
Skopje, MACEDONIA | Despite announcing bombastic plans to overhaul the education sector over the past few years, the government of Macedonia has failed to devise a comprehensive strategy that could […]
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