Open Society Education News
A newsletter—produced by ESP grantee Transitions Online—to provide information and increase understanding of educational issues throughout Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

Regional Initiatives
The Education Support Program has been developing strategies to further equity in education with a range of partners in Central Asia, Pakistan, South Eastern Europe, Southern & West Africa, and other regions.

Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking
The Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking project trains educators to help improve classroom practices at all grade levels and in most school subjects.

Parental Informal Payments to Education
The Education Support Program has designed survey instruments and research methodology for a study on parental informal payments to education (PIPES) in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Slovakia, and Tajikistan.

"One School, One Library, One Librarian"
Jonathon Fairhead
March 19, 2010
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Not since the 1980s has South Africa seen a youth movement as focused, politicized, and determined as the current one. Currently a nationwide campaign is focused on the still vast inequalities in South African education, including the fact that only eight percent of schools have libraries.

Drawing the Line: Parental Informal Payments for Education across Eurasia
March 2010
This OSI report looks at the issue of private contributions to public education in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Slovakia, and Tajikistan.

Transparency in Education in Eastern Europe
2009
Published by IIEP-UNESCO and the Open Society Institute, this book will be useful for policy makers and practitioners who would like to improve transparency and accountability in the education system of the region.