Tag Archive | "Textbooks"

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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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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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Georgia: Pilot Program

Posted on 09 November 2009 by Ekaterine Pirtskhalava

Georgia’s National Curriculum pilot program is over, but where are the results?

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Georgia: Two Histories of One Homeland

Posted on 09 November 2009 by Olesya Vartanyan

The Armenian population of Javakhety believes the Georgian government is obstructing deliveries of Armenian history books in order to abolish the subject in their schools.

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Armenia: Reluctant Reformers

Posted on 06 November 2009 by Anush Babajanyan

In the midst of an overhaul of Armenia’s education system, some teachers are finding it hard to adjust.

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Teaching One History, Living Another

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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Kyrgyzstan: A Corrupted Future

Posted on 17 August 2009 by Hamid Toursunof

Observers and even education officials agree that the quality of the Kyrgyz educational system has continued to decline.

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Montenegro: Reality Check

Posted on 31 July 2009 by Drasko Djuranovic

Montenegro has made impressive progress in education reform, but it’s still too early to tell whether success is just around the corner or years away.

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Georgia: Student-Centered Approach

Posted on 25 June 2009 by Tamar Kikacheishvili

Georgia’s ambitious education reforms aim to put students at the center of the learning process.

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Uzbekistan: New Model, Old Problems

Posted on 09 June 2009 by Farruh Yusupov

With the help of substantial foreign aid, Uzbekistan has poured cash into its education sector in recent years, but challenges persist.

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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.