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There are 26 item(s) tagged with the keyword "school".

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1. Standing the Test of Time

A conservative State Duma deputy called for the removal of The Gulag Archipelago from the Russian school curriculum.

Tags: gulag, russian literature, soviet history, school, solzhenitsyn
2. The Wrong Kind of Patriotism

A student in Karelia was reportedly disciplined for wearing a sweatshirt with an American flag on it.

Tags: education, school, children, war in ukraine
3. Drilling Down

A school in a Russian Black Sea town held a surprise terrorist drill without warning parents. 

Tags: war in ukraine, family, school, education, children
4. School Lunch Gourmet

An annual Russian competition to decide the best school cafeteria cook in all the land was held recently.

Tags: eating, competition, cooking, school, schools, food
5. Of the Old School

"Let's revive the Soviet school of education. It was the best in the world, everyone has always recognized this, and this is what our legislative proposals should be aimed at. After all, the Unified State Exam is just some kind of torture for young people."

–  Chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, reminiscing about how the Soviet system of education really made the grade.
Tags: school, Alexander Bastrykin, soviet school, soviet education, united state exam, education
6. Crying Wolf, for Good Reason

As if COVID hadn't forced enough kids to learn from home, the prospect of wolf attacks are doing the same thing in the Ugra region.

Tags: village, rural life, school, children, animals, wildlife
7. Something Worse Than Detention

An abandoned crypt found on a Russian school's property takes the phrase "bored to death" to a whole new level. 

Tags: rostov, archaeology, history, death, school
8. Don't Forget Your Flowers and Bows

Last week, Russian children gathered for the Day of Knowledge on September 1. It is quite the spectacle.

Tags: soviet history, children, school, September 1, day of knowledge
9. iTeacher

After a year of education through computer screens and the internet, one Russian school looks to bring the screens back into the physical classroom with a robotic teacher. 

Tags: teaching, schools, school, technology, robots, robot
10. Congrats to Mikhail Kubar!

A Yakut school's graduating class consisted of only one student, which means he receives all of our congratulations.

Tags: social media, education, school, yakutia

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