Central Europe

  • Slovakia: LEGO Helps Children Learn Geometry

    Slovakia: LEGO Helps Children Learn Geometry

    Revuca, Comenius Primary School The Comenius Primary School in Revuca – a town where the very first Slovak Grammar School was founded, is attended by no less than 20% of […]

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  • Slovakia: Dog Barking Can Be a Treat

    Slovakia: Dog Barking Can Be a Treat

    Hlohovec, Podzamska Primary School The largest Primary School in Hlohovec, near the University town of Trnava in Western Slovakia, is utilizing animal therapy as a means of integration. Pupils with learning […]

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  • Slovakia: Summer Camp Teaches Cooperation

    Slovakia: Summer Camp Teaches Cooperation

    Detva, Civic Association “Aktivne Mesto (Active Town)” Detva is a little town in Central Slovakia where the level of unemployment is exceptionally high. During its 5-year existence, Civic Association “Aktivne […]

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  • Roma Education Fund (REF) brings new developments in its Scholarships Programme.

    Roma Education Fund

    The recent evaluation of the Roma Education Fund Scholarships Programme suggested that in order to bring more transparency and efficiency into the process of beneficiaries’ selection and progress monitoring, the […]

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  • Over forty delegates of the RWCT International Consortium member organizations, the Board of Directors and ESP representatives came together in Budapest.

    News from the RWCT world

    Over forty delegates of the RWCT International Consortium member organizations, the Board of Directors and ESP representatives came together in Budapest on 9-12 December 2010 for the first face-to-face annual […]

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  • Teaching One History, Living Another

    Teaching One History, Living Another

    As we look at how life has changed – or stayed the same – over the past 20 years, TOL correspondents in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and […]

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  • Slovakia: The Kids of Lunik IX

    Slovakia: The Kids of Lunik IX

    Filmmakers Michelle Coomber and Dana Wilson were researching their documentary Trial of a Child Denied about the sterilization of Czech Romani women, when a contact at the Roma Press Agency […]

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  • Poland: Polish Schools at Sixes and Sevens

    Poland: Polish Schools at Sixes and Sevens

    WARSAW | Karolina Elbanowska, 28, is the mother of four young children. With summer on the doorstep, she’s not only planning her family’s holidays. She will spend at least some […]

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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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  • Hungary: Hard Cases

    Hungary: Hard Cases

    BUDAPEST, Hungary | It’s hard to say whether the two young men near the entrance to the Belvarosi Tanoda high school are teachers or students. Wearing shorts and T-shirts, they […]

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