Eastern Europe
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Pity the poor teacher
Yardsticks vary, but however you measure it, teachers are underpaid across the post-communist world, with grave implications for the quality of education.
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Ukraine’s younger generation seeks new direction
Ukraine is a very different country than it was just a week ago, following a protest movement led by young people who overthrew the Russian-backed government.
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Educate, integrate, or alienate?
Schools in Russia have a terrible track record of dealing with the children of immigrants.
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The Empty Schoolhouse
A shortage of teachers in the countryside is one of the trends reshaping Moldova’s educational landscape.
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A Cloak and Dagger Farce in Ukraine
Absurd espionage charges against an academic and two young men would be funny if the stakes weren’t so high.
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Learning Curve: Education stories from Central & Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Transitions has released a collection of some of most recent articles on education from around the region. The articles cover a wide range of topics and were written with the […]
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Moldovan Schools Fail to Tackle Sexual Abuse
CHISINAU | By her final year, with graduation looming in June 2011, Ana was terrified of school. For months, two classmates at a special education boarding school in Singerei, northern […]
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When Does Free Education Have to be Paid for?
Kazan resident Yekaterina Matveyeva was dreading the first parents’ meeting of the new school year. Her two children – born just a year apart – are pupils in Years 3 […]
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Teachers in Double Jeopardy
In August, Konstantin Shcherbina, the director of a sports academy in the town of Krasnoturansk in Siberia, was looking forward to receiving the title of “honorary master of education of […]
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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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