"Rethinking the Comparative," the Comparative and International Education Society's 50th Anniversary Conference, took place in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 14–18, 2006. OSI's Education Support Program provided professional and financial support for several activities during the conference.
ESP and representatives of the Network of Education Policy Centers and Soros foundations were scheduled to participate in the following events:
I. A preconference workshop on the book Dealing with the Post-Socialist Educational Reform Package: From Baku to Ulanbaator, under the supervision of Gita Steiner-Khamsi.
- Iveta Silova, Center for Educational Innovations, Azerbaijan
- Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Teachers College at Columbia University
- Elmina Kazimzade, Open Society Institute Foundation, Azerbaijan
- Nino Chinchaladze & Anna Matiashvili, International Institute for Education Policy, Planning & Management, Georgia
- Armine Tadevosyan, OSI Assistance Foundation, Armenia
- Saule Kalikova, Ed Policy Analysis Center, Kazakhstan
II. Four panel sessions consisted of ESP colleagues, representatives of national foundations, and education policy centers:
Presentation of the findings from the book Dealing with the Post-Socialist Educational Reform Package: From Baku to Ulanbaator
- Tatjana Abdushukurova, OSI, Tajikistan
- Valentin Deichman, OSI Kyrgyzstan
- Enkhtuya Natsagdorj, Mongolian Ed Alliance, Mongolia
- Stephen Heyneman, Vanderbilt University
School Drop-Outs and Consequences (advocacy activity)
- Virginija Budiene, Ed Policy Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania
- Indra Dedze, Open Society Institute Budapest - Education Support Program, Hungary
- Mercedes del Rosario, Teachers College at Columbia University
- Zhanar Rakhimzhanova, Education Policy Analysis Center, Bilim, Central Asia
- Marcela Maslova, Center for Education Policy, Orava Association, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Tatiana Abdushukurova, OSI Assistance,Tajikistan
Shadow Education: Private Tutoring in Central/Eastern Europe & Central Asia (advocacy activity)
- Elzbieta Putkiewicz, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw, Poland
- Iveta Silova, Baku State University, Azerbaijan
- Elmina Kazimzade, Centre for Educational Innovations, Baku, Azerbaijan
- Enkhtuya Natsagdorj, Mongolian Education Alliance, Mongolia
- Alison Dong, Teachers College at Columbia University
- Eric Johnson, Teachers College at Columbia University
- Mark Bray, Hong Kong University
Addressing Accountability and Transparency in the Education Sector
- Indra Dedze, Open Society Institute Budapest - Education Support Program, Hungary
- Iveta Silova, Baku State University, Azerbaijan
- Brian Heuser, Vanderbilt U, USA, Mapping Education Corruption.
- Muriel Poisson & Jacques Hallak, International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, France
III. OSI held a reception for the conference participants together with the leading universities in the field: Loyola University of Chicago, Indiana University, Moscow State University, University of Hawaii, Teachers College at Columbia University, and Stanford University.
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