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Tough Talk on Kyrgyz Schools
OSH | When Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov addressed the issue of language in the country’s classrooms last month, his message seemed clear enough.
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A Good Start: An Upcoming Revolution in Roma Education in Eastern Europe?
Mikey is one of the lucky ones. He has joined over 2,000 children who have participated in A Good Start, and EU project implemented by the Roma Education Fund. He […]
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A call for Action – Special Needs Education in Southern Africa
“I want to exercise my right to go to a school of my choice and not be forced to go to an exclusive school for the blind,” said Delisle, a […]
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Privatisation in Education Research Initiative (PERI) launches its website
Privatisation in Education Research Initiative (PERI) is an initiative of the Education Support Program (ESP) at the Open Society Foundations (OSF) and a global research and networking initiative seeking to […]
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Erasing Ukraine’s Memories
From the beginning of its rule, the current government laid the foundation for the concept of its cultural policy by criticizing “Orange nationalism,” but that was clearly not enough to […]
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Hungary’s New Curriculum: Writing Wrongs?
BUDAPEST | It is not uncommon in Hungarian living rooms to find the walls lined with bookshelves from floor to ceiling. Nor is it odd to find on those shelves […]
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Equal But Separate?
ODESSA, Ukraine | An avid painter, 9-year-old Darina Matsenko is looking forward to September, when she’ll transition from home schooling into third grade at a local primary school where she […]
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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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