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Kosovo: Blind Children to Attend Regular Schools
PEC, Kosovo | Metë Thaçi, a resident of the village of Malisheva, cannot see clearly. He is not completely blind but his vision is impaired, having inherited an ocular disease […]
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Kosovo: No Playground Politics
PEC, Kosovo | The children of Brestovik, of both Serbian and Albanian ethnicity, spent most of their summer days playing together in the village schoolyard, even if they would be […]
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Russia: New Approaches for a New Generation
KRASNODAR, Russia | Teachers of the humanities and social sciences often find it hard to compete with the information available to their adolescent students in this fast-paced digital age. Furthermore, […]
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Slovenia: More Scholarships or More Problems?
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia | In the last year, Slovenia has witnessed sharp increases in the prices of basic necessities like food, gas and electricity. An inflation rate of 5.6 % means […]
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The World University Project
The World University Project (WUP), a very interesting endeavor based in Cambridge. It’s headed by J. Nathan Matias. From their website:
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Kosovo: You Get What You Pay For
PRISTINA, Kosovo | Besim Gashi sits in a classroom of the Skenderbeu school, in a village in western Kosovo. Behind him, a tattered journal hangs in the corner, chronicling the […]
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OSI-ESP News July-August 2008
Reports and updates Study on survey of attitudes towards exam reforms in selected post-socialist countries A study entitled “Results of a survey of attitudes towards the reform of examination systems […]
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Macedonia: The Politics of Incompetence
Skopje, MACEDONIA | Despite announcing bombastic plans to overhaul the education sector over the past few years, the government of Macedonia has failed to devise a comprehensive strategy that could […]
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Kazakhstan: Short on Funds, Not Ambition
ALMATY, Kazakhstan | With its booming oil industry, Kazakhstan, unlike many of its Central Asian neighbors, can certainly afford to invest in education. Yet, recent increases in its education budget […]
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Hungary: Hard Cases
BUDAPEST, Hungary | It’s hard to say whether the two young men near the entrance to the Belvarosi Tanoda high school are teachers or students. Wearing shorts and T-shirts, they […]
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