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Georgia: How to Paint an Enemy

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Posted on 09 March 2010 by Eka Chitanava and Temo Bardzimashvili

In words and pictures, Georgian students express their feelings about Russia and the 2008 war. A TOL/Liberali multimedia production.

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Romania: Village Kindergartens Struggle to Survive

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Posted on 14 January 2010 by Claudia Ciobanu

Romania’s rural schools are suffering from underfunding, neglect, and the government’s budget priorities.

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Armenia: School for Scandal

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Posted on 01 December 2009 by Onnik Krikorian

Alleged abuse at an Armenian school for the disabled led to a criminal probe – of the young activist who blew the whistle.

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Romania: Diploma Factory

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Claudia Ciobanu

Education officials question the quality of education in Romania’s largest private university, jeopardizing the diplomas of more than 100,000 students and recent graduates.

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Bulgaria: Under Repair

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Tanya Obushtarova

Low teacher salaries and students’ low trust in teachers are two intertwined problems decreasing the quality of Bulgarian education, experts say.

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Armenia: School Uniforms: In Good or Bad Taste?

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Karine Asatryan

The battle over school uniforms hasn’t gone out of style in Yerevan’s schools.

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Ukraine: Unfair Advantages

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Alexander Belyakov

Ukraine’s new system of externally evaluated admissions exams has led to a surge in ‘privileged applicants’ claiming disadvantaged status in the admissions process.

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Georgia: No Room For Sex Education

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Tamar Kikacheishvili

Sex education remains outside the curriculum in Georgian schools.

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Macedonia: Ongoing Saga

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Mirkica Popovik

Macedonian university students in nearby Greece say they confront a Kafkaesque bureaucracy when trying to obtain legal residence there.

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Moldova: No Retirement in Sight

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Posted on 12 October 2009 by Alexandru Eftode

Moldova’s education ministry struggles to recruit younger teachers, especially to rural schools.

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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.