Education Politics & Policy

  • Georgia: Pilot Program

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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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