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Creative center for boosting children’s language and math skills opened in Skopje, Macedonia
The Foundation for Education and Cultural Initiatives “Step by Step” – Macedonia opened the first Children’s Creative Center for fostering early-grade language and math literacy. It is the first activity […]
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The school day: Singapore
With school starting again here in the United States, I’ve been thinking back to my children’s experiences at the end of the last school year in Finland that we chronicled last June. To get another perspective on what school is like in another country, I asked our colleague here at IEN, Paul Chua, to talk with me a bit about his son’s experiences in 2nd grade in Singapore.
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Balkan teachers and parents in opening day protests as school year begins
The new school year is off to a rocky start in several former Yugoslav countries, with teachers marching for better pay and protests from parents demanding changes in the curriculum.
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Education is Syria’s ‘Chance for Change’
As military, geostrategic and sectarian aspects of the Syrian conflict monopolize media attention, countless grassroots initiatives continue to challenge the chaos and impunity spreading throughout the country.
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Tirana closes colleges as report highlights alleged degree fraud
Albanian authorities are shutting down 18 private universities after an inspection found widespread awarding of dubious diplomas, according to Balkan Insight.
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“Never again”: for an education toward critical self-reflection
The education system, recovering from economic crisis, increasingly obsesses itself with downsizing and rationalising, with “student learning outcomes” determined by test scores and the job market. Now, more than ever, we need to return to Adorno.
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“Russian lesson” provokes fury in Armenia
Outspoken Moscow media official suggests Armenia should adopt Russian as an official language.
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Disability is no longer invisible in Mongolia
Advocacy groups and nongovernmental organizations in Mongolia have been working for many years to raise awareness about the challenges people with disabilities face participating in their communities. One of the […]
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YES project supporting youth engagement in democracy and human rights
In September 2013, the Jinishian Memorial Foundation launched the “Youth Engaged in Society 2013-2014” (YES) project, funded and supported by Open Society Foundations – Armenia.
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Crimea: One for the history books
Russia has already added information about its annexation of Crimea to a school history textbook with the version presented just as doctored as the results of the “referendum” used to claim overwhelming support for the move.
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