This is a short analysis of current trends in the development of education from the point of view of a practicing educator with 30 years of experience. Revolutionary transformations: are the upper echelons able and are the lower echelons willing?

To the memory of A.A. PinskyIssues Discussed: the changes in the Russian school education during the last academic year; the tendencies discernible behind these changes; what new problems have appeared in the education; changes to be expected next year.

The materials are based on the Round Table organized by the Russian Public Council for the Development of Education (RPCDE). The topic of the Round Table was "Is our school viable?" The Unified State Exam, and recent international evaluations of the quality of school education show that the...

School quality is hard to define and measure. It is influenced by not only school expenditures, but also characteristics that are hard to measure like norms and peer effects among teachers and pupils. Furthermore, family background and community characteristics are important in explaining...

School quality is hard to define and measure. It is influenced by not only school expenditures, but also characteristics that are hard to measure like norms and peer effects among teachers and pupils. Furthermore, family background and community characteristics are important in explaining...

The article analyzes the varying efficiency of the same strategies and methods of development of general education systems. A review of Western practices and research conducted by the Education Development Institute of the HSE show that development mechanisms are particularly efficient in...

The article recognizes that the knowledge society and the economics of knowledge have considerably changed the demands placed on education. The teaching of concrete subjects is now combined with a general emphasis on general intellectual development and the stimulation of creativity and...