Starting from 2005, the responsibilities for funding primary and secondary professional training are now at the regional level, rather than at the federal level. What are the possible consequences of this measure? The authors analyze the experience of 16 federal regions that financed primary...

The paper considers the problem of dividing responsibilities in the educational sphere (including that of government guarantees such as the right to education) between the federal and the regional levels of administration. The problems under consideration appeared as a result of Federal Law 122,...

The article presents the results of the World Bank Project Monitoring Key Skills in Graduates of Basic Professional Training Programs. The purpose of the project was to develop and test techniques for estimating these skills. The article briefly describes the basic concepts used in this...

The development of modern higher education systems is affected by three factors, which may be considered to be global as they are characteristic not only for all 30-members of OECD (The Organization of the Economical Co-operation and Development), but for the partner countries of OECD as well:-...

Trends and possibilities of interregional development of education: Case of pre-school education.In 2004.2007, experts from the Institute of Knowledge, Statistics and Economics of HSE developed an information analytical system for rating the education development in the regions of Russia. The...

The problematic aspects of the current educational standards in Ukraine as important legal instruments of regional educational systems were viewed. The regulated areas of education standards in Ukraine and the traditional approach based on the identified areas of their innovative changes where...

Data on government expenditures on education are presented. The salary level in education is compared to that in the economy in general and to the minimum subsistence level. Average prices for certain educational services are stated. The article uses materials provided by the Federal Service of...

Government financing of higher professional education increases every year. Nevertheless, even given the increasing significance of higher education for the socio-economic development of the country, the federal legislation contradicts the ways in which constitutional guarantees in education are...

The first part of the article presents the main principles regulating the formation of an information analytical system and describes the purposes of such a system. This would make a comparative analysis of regional education systems possible. A highly detailed description of separate components...

The article presents the experience of the Stavropol Region in computerizing the education system. It considers the gradual change of tasks and methods of successfully managing the process of computerization at the regional, municipal and school levels. The central problem of the article is that...