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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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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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Teaching One History, Living Another

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Posted on 16 October 2009 by Boyko Vassilev, Lucie Kavanova, Anita Komuves, Wojciech Kosc, Sinziana Demian, and Pavol Szalai

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

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Romania: Testing Times for Students

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Posted on 14 July 2009 by Sinziana Demian

Another round of disruptive changes to Romania’s education system has left students in the lurch.

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Romania: Do Not Disturb

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Posted on 20 May 2009 by Sinziana Demian

Bucharest takes a whack at the high school schedule and hits a hornet’s nest instead.

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Romania: Teaching Diversity by the Book

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Posted on 05 November 2008 by Sinziana Demian

A schoolbook becomes popular with a message that the majority is just one among many cultures living in Romania.

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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.