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

In the classroom, the strong hand of the state has given way to the mixed blessings of freedom. A TOL special report.

Massive teachers’ strikes in the fall of 2007 forced the government to hasten reforms, but stopped short of fixing the Bulgarian education system.

Teachers got some results after last fall’s strikes. But major problems remain in Bulgarian schools.

Cash-starved and hopelessly out of date, Bulgaria’s universities need reconstructive surgery. The government is starting with a nip and tuck.

In the second of two articles on radical Islam in Bulgaria, we investigate the Koranic schools that operate in semi-legality in Surnitsa, Ustina, and Delchevo. While they teach very different curricula, they all share a lack of transparency and oversight.