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Russia: Looking at history as a continuation of politics
The leading Bolshevik historian Mikhail Pokrovsky famously defined history as “politics projected into the past.” Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, is taking that concept, and running with it.
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Kuwait sentences 1,000 Bidoon children to illiteracy
More than 1,000 stateless children in Kuwait are not allowed to go to school. “Your silence on preventing Bidoon children access to education is a crime,” reads the placard in the protest. The other one reads: “I have a dream. But I am Bidoon.”
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Moldova campaign urges parents to stop bribing schools’ staff
Moldova campaign urges parents to stop bribing schools’ staff
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“El Plan Maestro” & teacher education
During my recent visit to Chile, the deep and growing interest in issues of education was obvious as photographers and journalists crowded to document what was largely an academic gathering to discuss issues of teacher education.
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Pakistan warns universities not to question government following model UN controversy over Israeli booth
Uproar over a booth showcasing Israeli culture as part of a university Model United Nations event in Pakistan has prompted the country’s higher education authority to warn universities not to challenge “the perspective of the government.”
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Private, subsidized schools in Chile
Chilean private subsidized schools operate in a radically different environment from charter schools in the US. Since the imposition of the voucher-based system during the Pinochet dictatorship, virtually anyone, at any time, for any reason, could start and run a school.
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The liberal arts in neoliberal times
In the neoliberal epoch the humanities have undergone a radical transformation.
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Why was a boy with autism repeatedly denied an inclusive education?
This month, MDAC and our partners at the League of Human Rights submitted a legal challenge against the Czech Republic on behalf of a boy who was denied access to numerous schools at the European Court of Human Rights.
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Proposals for change in Chile
The Chilean system has seen some remarkable educational improvements since 2000 at the same time that income inequality and segregation has increased.
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Following political pressure, citizen-led rural libraries shut down in China
China’s rural areas don’t receive the same education resources that the country’s wealthier urban centers do. This gap is a widely acknowledged problem, and many organizations have been established to improve the facilities in rural China and ensure that the students there aren’t left behind.
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