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Slovakia: Dog Barking Can Be a Treat
Hlohovec, Podzamska Primary School The largest Primary School in Hlohovec, near the University town of Trnava in Western Slovakia, is utilizing animal therapy as a means of integration. Pupils with learning […]
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Slovakia: Summer Camp Teaches Cooperation
Detva, Civic Association “Aktivne Mesto (Active Town)” Detva is a little town in Central Slovakia where the level of unemployment is exceptionally high. During its 5-year existence, Civic Association “Aktivne […]
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Romania: Addressing the Children Left Behind
School and Community. Model of intervention in the communities with children left behind “The age at which people leave the country to go work abroad is increasingly becoming younger, and […]
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South Africa: Mother Tongue Tied
For many South African children who started school this year, there will be several firsts: the first time they learn how to read and write, the first time they learn […]
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Strenghening education CSOs initiative
The relationship between the third and public sectors is undergoing fundamental changes, creating challenges and opportunities for education civil society organizations (CSOs) that were unimaginable a few decades ago. The […]
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State Power
State Power, Progressive Social Movement and Educational NGOs in China Zhou Yong, He Shanyun and their research group have been working hard in understanding Chinese educational NGOs from broad political […]
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Youth debate competition fosters critical thinking and flexible learning
On May 30, the Open Society Foundations – Armenia organized a youth debate competition in Yerevan as part of the Armenia Debate Program. Six debate clubs participated, hailing from Yerevan […]
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Kyrgyzstan: Minority Children Need More than State Language
First published on EurasiaNet.org In Kyrgyzstan, where memories of last June’s ethnic violence are still raw, children’s futures risk being entangled in a flourishing nationalist impulse. As the country attempts […]
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Roma Education Fund
The recent evaluation of the Roma Education Fund Scholarships Programme suggested that in order to bring more transparency and efficiency into the process of beneficiaries’ selection and progress monitoring, the […]
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Afghanistan: Reviving a Vision of Cultural Enlightenment
A chain of about 100 Azad Schools throughout the erstwhile frontier province and Fata followed. Bacha understood that the Pakhtoons needed to be made fully conscious of the importance of […]
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