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.

Grantee Survey Examines Parental Participation in Southeast European Schools
2009
The Center for Education Policy Studies (CEPS, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education) published a series of books presenting the results of their cross-country survey of the principals' views on parental participation in school.

Libraries: A Step Toward Better Education in South Africa
Hamza Aktan
July 14, 2010
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A campaign aims to address the state of education in South Africa, where only seven percent of public schools have functional libraries.

Free and Compulsory Education
Irfan Muzaffar & Faisal Bari
May 17, 2010
This article co-authored by Faisal Bari of the Open Society Institute Education Support Program looks at Pakistan's amendment declaring education free and compulsory for all.