The stream of racist comments that spewed forth from a group of students in Jihlava shocked me, but I guess I should have known better.

Modernizing history textbooks is a Herculean job for a group of dedicated educators.

“Their horizon has opened. Then they will not need our efforts to desegregate their children; they will do it for themselves.”

Could a country’s shrinking labor market lead to too few jobs?

A polymathic group offers five scenarios for the future of Bosnia

An acclaimed Bosnian writer details the alarming state of post-war education in his homeland

Imagine knowing by the age of 15 that your life will always be one of privation and labor.

… they simply replaced the word “special” in school names with the word “practical”

As these students lose their Peace Corps teacher, what will happen to the dreams that he urged them to chase?

A crusader against bride kidnapping has developing an effective educational program to rid Kyrgyzstan of the practice.

In a new report, the Soros-backed Open Society foundation offers an engaging, informative “story” of the two decades since the fall of Yugoslavia.

Recent incidents—violent attacks by young Roma, extremist marches on largely Roma-inhabited housing estates, locals complaining of Roma criminality—have finally brought the ghetto situation more out in the open.

A Prague-based film festival aims to shed light on fledgling filmmakers from across Central Europe and the wider world.

Nice words, not much money, not much action, and no vision to speak of.

Now that he has won Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic will no doubt be claimed even more than before by different paddlers of nationalist sentiments. It must be said, though, that Novak on the Centre Court itself and his family, girlfriend, friends and coach + President Boris Tadic in the audience all behaved rather gracefully. Djokovic is [...]

Ever wondered how the Srebrenica massacre, the worst atrocity in Europe since 1945, has lost a fair bit of its symbolic power in mere sixteen years, with decent Bosnians sometimes rolling their eyes at its mention? Here is how. Three weeks ago, the minister of education and sport in the Canton of Sarajevo abolished a [...]

I came across an intriguing “freedom of opinion” that ran last week in Respekt, hands down the best Czech newsmagazine, about an outspoken young man at a children’s home.

A “virtual museum of Zoran Djindjic,” the slain prime minister of Serbia, is to be launched later this month to coincide with the eight anniversary of the assassination. According to Vreme magazine, the online presentation will feature exhibits ranging from his personal library and PC to published work, unpublished notes or audio recordings.  According to [...]

A new study by the Czech Republic’s Education Ministry hints that problems with segregation in the country could run wider than those already faced by the Roma community.