Middle East & North Africa
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Why Chadian students braved arrest and stormed their embassy in Algeria
Issa Kelei, a leader of a student movement that defends the interests of Chadian students in Algeria, was arrested by Algerian authorities on April 29, 2014. He and other Chadian students had been protesting the lack of financial support from their government in front of the Chadian Embassy in Algiers.
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Critical citizenship for critical times
Despite the educational system that stresses memorization and discourages questioning and creativity, people in Egypt, with many different educational backgrounds, displayed skepticism of the Mubarak regime.
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Sudanese university students demand a campus free of violence
In a courageous and unique act of collective action, students at the University of Khartoum in Sudan have gone on strike to protest the killing of a fellow student; demanding justice and a campus free of violence. Will their demands be met?
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Left behind: the rural youth in Afghanistan’s election
Despite the success of Afghanistan’s transparent, peaceful election, engagement with rural populations remained low. Failure to address the growing disaffection resulting from the urban-rural gap threatens the country’s fragile progress.
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“Our Berlin Wall in Syria”
Syrian Students for a Better Future is a WordPress blog by Syrian students at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The students are studying in the US as part of Jusoor […]
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School’s out
The wave of Syrian refugees into Bulgaria isn’t just a humanitarian crisis – it’s an educational crisis, too
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A Plan to Conquer the Digital Divide, or a Technological Leap of Faith?
A policy brief titled “Turkey’s FATIH Project” suggests ways in which this important investment in educational technology can lead to the best possible learning outcomes for all students in Turkey.
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Education Reform Initiative`s policy note on private tutoring
Recently, Turkish government announced a policy plan which demands that private tutoring centers will either be closed down or be relocated in the formal education system
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Can the Post-2015 Education Framework Deliver Meaningful Change?
A special issue of the journal Current Issues in Comparative Education features case studies of critical praxis.
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Teaching and Learning about Lebanese Civil Wars
Lebanese Association for History Starts Addressing Controversial History
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