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Georgia: Class Struggle

Posted on 28 January 2010 by Khanim Javadova

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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Romania: Village Kindergartens Struggle to Survive

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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Serbia: On Edge

Posted on 22 December 2009 by Igor Jovanovic

Serbia’s new education law sparks fears of massive teacher layoffs in the near future.

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Georgia: Whose Facts?

Posted on 16 December 2009 by Olesya Vartanyan

Tbilisi blocks books that teach an Armenia-centric version of history in a border area.

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Armenia: School for Scandal

Posted on 01 December 2009 by Onnik Krikorian

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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Azerbaijan: Everybody Gets a Piece

Posted on 25 November 2009 by Ruzanna Rashidgizi

Experts fear that Azerbaijan’s long-awaited new education law does not promote transparency in the education system.

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Albania: A Deep Hole From Which to Emerge

Posted on 24 November 2009 by Besar Likmeta

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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Romania: Diploma Factory

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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Bulgaria: Under Repair

Posted on 09 November 2009 by Tanya Obushtarova

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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Armenia: School Uniforms: In Good or Bad Taste?

Posted on 09 November 2009 by Karine Asatryan

The battle over school uniforms hasn’t gone out of style in Yerevan’s schools.

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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.