High School Revamp Stirs Fears
19 January 2011 | Issue 4558
The draft of the new education reform, released to a blast of patriotic fanfare last month, is stirring up sharp criticism from opponents, who fear that the new program will be used to brainwash them into becoming docile servants of the authorities.
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A roundup of today's Russian-language newspapers
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