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- 27 August 2010
- Killing the Future
As a new school year opens, students in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are in for more bitter lessons in propaganda, corruption, and time-wasting.
- By TOL
- 13 August 2010
- Эволюция Заставит
Не являясь революционными, реформы постепенно делают школы Боснии менее политизированными и авторитарными.
- By Сабина Арсланагич
- 11 August 2010
- Evolution Will Have to Do
Though not a revolution, reforms are gradually making Bosnia’s schools less politicized and authoritarian.
русская версия- By Sabina Arslanagic
- 5 August 2010
- О Компьютерах и Людях
Когда лучшие планы по искоренению коррупции при поступлении в вузы идут наперекосяк.
- By Галина Столярова
- 5 August 2010
- Of Computers and Men
In which the best-laid plans to stem corruption in the university admissions process go askew.
русская версия- By Galina Stolyarova
- 2 August 2010
- Долгое, жаркое, неясное лето для абитуриентов Украины
Тысячи новоиспеченных выпускников украинских школ проводят большую часть лета, пытаясь пробиться сквозь дебри новых процедур приема в вуз.
- By Christine Demkowych
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