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Assessment teacher professional development and education content reforms in Armenia
Since 2009, one of OSF-Armenia’s priorities in its general education strategy has been to achieve policy change by piloting and improving subject standards and curricula.
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Video: Why some students migrate to beat China’s “unfair” university entrance exam
It’s time once again for the gaokao. Every June since 1978, millions of young people throughout China have taken the notoriously difficult Chinese National Higher Education Entrance Examination with hopes of going on to university and moving up what is seen as one of the country’s fairest social ladders. Students prep for hours upon hours, pulling grueling all-nighters. Parents do what they can, some in more unique ways than others.
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The tragedy of education in rural Romania
Rural education in Romania is in a dismal state, lagging far behind its urban counterpart, and having among the worst standards in the European Union.
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Tajikistan: Big brother has eyes in the classroom and beyond
Mehrinisso loves teaching, but finds the closed-circuit surveillance cameras in her classroom unsettling.
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#BringBackOurGirls – Not ‘clicktivism’ but growing citizen mobilisation
#BringBackOurGirls is part of an unfolding process of citizen mobilisation given expression through hashtags and protests. It builds on earlier actions. When some said #OccupyNigeria was a failure, I was quick to point out the fact that it’s not correct to isolate on-line citizen mobilisation as single actions.
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What’s education for, privilege or meritocracy?
A British composer and educator asks whether individual effort can really counter structural privilege in the long run.
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Algeria and Nigeria: sharing the deadweight of human mindlessness
Some of the most common reactions to the mass kidnapping of school girls by the jihadist group Boko Haram in Nigeria are to ask questions like: how can this be happening? Why would anyone do something so terrible?
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Local or international school? The dilemma facing expats in Hong Kong
As a global financial center, Hong Kong attracts a large number of expat families. For those with young children, education is a priority, but the city’s limited options can prove to be a headache.
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Tajik Gypsy children miss out on education
Economic and cultural factors result in poor school attendance.
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Critical citizenship for critical times
Despite the educational system that stresses memorization and discourages questioning and creativity, people in Egypt, with many different educational backgrounds, displayed skepticism of the Mubarak regime.
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