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		<title>Georgia: How to Paint an Enemy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eka Chitanava and Temo Bardzimashvili</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Primary Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In words and pictures, Georgian students express their feelings about Russia and the 2008 war. A TOL/Liberali multimedia production.


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<li><a href='http://chalkboard.tol.org/georgia-experiment-in-diversity' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Georgia: Experiment in Diversity'>Georgia: Experiment in Diversity</a></li>
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		<title>Georgia: Class Struggle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khanim Javadova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caucasus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a Georgian village school, Azeri and Armenian students study in peace but share a common problem – poverty. A TOL podcast.


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<li><a href='http://chalkboard.tol.org/georgia-two-histories-of-one-homeland' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Georgia: Two Histories of One Homeland'>Georgia: Two Histories of One Homeland</a></li>
<li><a href='http://chalkboard.tol.org/macedonia-class-struggle' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Macedonia: Class Struggle'>Macedonia: Class Struggle</a></li>
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		<title>Romania: Village Kindergartens Struggle to Survive</title>
		<link>http://chalkboard.tol.org/romania-village-kindergartens-struggle-to-survive</link>
		<comments>http://chalkboard.tol.org/romania-village-kindergartens-struggle-to-survive#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Ciobanu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primary Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rural Schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Romania’s rural schools are suffering from underfunding, neglect, and the government’s budget priorities.


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<li><a href='http://chalkboard.tol.org/romania-diploma-factory' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Romania: Diploma Factory'>Romania: Diploma Factory</a></li>
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		<title>Serbia: On Edge</title>
		<link>http://chalkboard.tol.org/serbia2</link>
		<comments>http://chalkboard.tol.org/serbia2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Igor Jovanovic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snapshots 2009-10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snapshots Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snapshots Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snapshots Serbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southeastern Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Serbia’s new education law sparks fears of massive teacher layoffs in the near future.


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<li><a href='http://chalkboard.tol.org/serbia-whats-it-worth-to-you' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Serbia: What&#8217;s it Worth to You?'>Serbia: What&#8217;s it Worth to You?</a></li>
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		<title>Georgia: Whose Facts?</title>
		<link>http://chalkboard.tol.org/georgia-whose-facts</link>
		<comments>http://chalkboard.tol.org/georgia-whose-facts#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olesya Vartanyan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caucasus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teachers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tbilisi blocks books that teach an Armenia-centric version of history in a border area.


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<li><a href='http://chalkboard.tol.org/georgia-one-history-for-all' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Georgia: One History for All'>Georgia: One History for All</a></li>
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		<title>Armenia: School for Scandal</title>
		<link>http://chalkboard.tol.org/armenia-school-for-scandal</link>
		<comments>http://chalkboard.tol.org/armenia-school-for-scandal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Onnik Krikorian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caucasus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teachers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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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<li><a href='http://chalkboard.tol.org/armenia' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Armenia: Not Quite Ready'>Armenia: Not Quite Ready</a></li>
<li><a href='http://chalkboard.tol.org/armenia2' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Armenia: Reluctant Reformers'>Armenia: Reluctant Reformers</a></li>
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		<title>Azerbaijan: Everybody Gets a Piece</title>
		<link>http://chalkboard.tol.org/azerbaijan2</link>
		<comments>http://chalkboard.tol.org/azerbaijan2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruzanna Rashidgizi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caucasus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snapshots 2009-10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standardized Exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Textbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experts fear that Azerbaijan’s long-awaited new education law does not promote transparency in the education system.


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		<title>Albania: A Deep Hole From Which to Emerge</title>
		<link>http://chalkboard.tol.org/albania</link>
		<comments>http://chalkboard.tol.org/albania#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Besar Likmeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snapshots 2008-09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southeastern Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teachers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although educational reform is higher up on the government agenda than in years past, many worry that current financing won’t be enough to reverse years of neglect.


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		<title>Romania: Diploma Factory</title>
		<link>http://chalkboard.tol.org/romania-diploma-factory</link>
		<comments>http://chalkboard.tol.org/romania-diploma-factory#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Ciobanu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOL Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternative Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qualifications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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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		<title>Bulgaria: Under Repair</title>
		<link>http://chalkboard.tol.org/bulgaria-under-repair</link>
		<comments>http://chalkboard.tol.org/bulgaria-under-repair#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Obushtarova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primary Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondary Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOL Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drop-outs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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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