Archive for May, 2012
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No Wheelchairs Allowed
Alexander Mokin had his birthday party all planned out. He booked a table for four at Galereya, a popular restaurant and club in downtown Yekaterinburg. He’d chosen to celebrate turning […]
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Lithuania’s Boy Smugglers Go Back to Class
PAGEGIAI, Lithuania | Just a couple of years ago, it was not unusual for groups of boys at the high school in Lumpenai, a few kilometers from the Lithuanian-Russian border, […]
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Bosnia: School management – parents: making information flow both ways
Parents are often reluctant to become involved in their children’s school. Some may feel that teachers will see their activity as “an attack”, others may doubt in their ability to […]
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Pakistan: ‘One Million Signatures’ for enforcing basic rights?
Government added Article 25A in the basic rights section of the Pakistani Constitution, via the 18th Constitutional Amendment, passed into law on April 19th, 2010.[1] The inclusion was a major […]
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South Africa: Equal Education takes Education Minister to Court
Every generation has its struggle. Today, South Africa’s learners face enormous challenges as they try to access and enjoy their constitutionally protected right to a basic education. One of the […]
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Croatia: Network of Education Policy Centers Summer School: Educating for sustainability: ecologically sound and socially fair future as an educational aim
1st July 2012 – 8th July 2012, Hotel Zora, Primošten, Croatia
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Romania: Learn to motivate to learn with RWCT IC!
Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium (RWCT IC) is preparing to deliver the first Grundtvig & Comenius course of a series of nine, entitled Motivating adult learners’ participation […]
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Tanzania: Burt Award for African Literature Provides Young Readers with Outstanding Books
Three new outstanding young adult fiction books will be made available to Tanzanian readers thanks to the third round of the Burt Award for African Literature – Tanzania. The award […]
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Georgia: Study on Education Access and Equity
The International Institute for Education Policy, Planning and Management, with the financial support of the Open Society Foundation Education Support Program completed the study on Education Access and Equity in […]
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Armenia: Two best friends making a living
Vardanyan Vatche 17 years old and Arthur Simonyan 18 years old, are best friends. They have many things in common: They both come from economically deprived families, they are the […]
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