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United States
School districts in Texas have to navigate seemingly contradictory legal requirements in the area of religion in public schools. Schools cannot establish religion by coercing, endorsing, or promoting religious views in schools. At the same time, schools cannot interfere with individuals’ free expression of their beliefs and religion can be a part of the school curriculum. [...]

Netherlands
NiederlandeNet (NetherlandsNet) is run at the Centre for Netherlands Studies, University of Muenster, Germany. It provides webdossiers on different topics concerning the Netherlands. The webdossier on the Dutch school system includes chapters on the history of education, educational policy and PISA studies, school types as well as problems and challenges. The dossier is only [...]

Greece
This article provides information on the reforms in the higher education sector in Greece, which were a consequence of the Greek government-debt crisis starting sometime in 2009/2010. The article was published in February 2013 on the website of ICEF GmbH: "Based in Bonn, Germany, ICEF GmbH (International Consultants for Education and Fairs) is the global market leader in [...]

Greece; Europe
Article by Prof. Alexandra Ioannidou from Athen for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, a foundation which is close to the German political party "Die Linke" (The Left). Ioannidou provides a critical analysis of the educational reforms in Greece which are a direct consequence of the Greek government-debt crisis starting around 2009/2010. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

United States
Founded in 1971, Knowledge Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on learning and applying what works to dramatically improve K-12 public education. We advocate for the greater use of research-based knowledge in education policy and practice at the federal, state, and local levels. Knowledge Alliance is comprised of leading education organizations that are [...]

Puerto Rico; United States; Caribbean
The website contains a listing of the private and public universities in Puerto Rico. Further links show a short description of the universities as well as available courses of studies and links to the respective homepages.

Paraguay
The Management for Social Responsibility of Corporations in the Educative Sector (DIRSSE) is an organ of the ministry for education and culture of Paraguay. Its task is the creation of public-private alliances for the promotion and the expansion of social responsibility in the educative sector on all its levels: entrepreneurial, corporative, university, public and gloabl, [...]

Paraguay
The website offers a list of private and public universities of Paraguay. There are links to the homepages of the universities. Furthermore, the website contains a listing of the departments and the respective studies of all universities.

Ecuador
The website offers a list of the private and public universities of Ecuador. Following the links, there is access to the homepages of the universities as well as a list of the faculties as well as of their courses of studies.

Bolivia
The Bolivian Physics Society (SOBOFI) has the objectives to contribute to the scientific and technological progress of the country through knowledge as well as through the application of physics in all its aspects, to disseminate the knowledge about the value of physics concerning the development of the country and the knowledge about education activities of this discipline in [...]

Argentina
The Encuentro Channel is the first TV channel of the ministry of education of Argentina. It functions within the framework of Educ.ar Sociedad del Estado. Encuentro was founded in May 2005 and has begun its transmission in March 2007. The channel directs itself to the whole public and constitutes at the same time an important tool for the education community. It is a federal [...]

Australia
The Academy was founded in 1954 by Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. It was granted a Royal Charter establishing the Academy as an independent body but with government endorsement. The Academy\'s Constitution was modelled on that of the Royal Society of London. It receives government grants towards its activities but has no statutory obligation to [...]

Peru
The Direction for Communal and Environmental Education (DIECA) has the tasks to foster, to analyse and to evaluate teaching in organisations of the civil society as well as to regulate and to coordinate environmental education in the community of education. This is effected by sustainable development, conservation, the use of ecosystems and the risk and prevention management [...]

Chile
The State universities of Chile have organized a consortium to create an authority, which ensures coordination, cooperation and complementation between the universities. Problem areas of public politics are identified and analysed, joint academical, administrative and economical programs are developed and the common use of available resources is organised by the consortium. [...]

Chile
The National Institute for Youth (INJUV) is an organism of the public service, which is entrusted with the design, the planning and the coordination of politics which deal with youth affairs. The INJUV orients its work on youth from 15 to 29, coordinating the public youth politics. It generates programs which foster the social inclusion and the respect for the rights of the [...]

Uganda
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) is a statutory agency, a supervisor for quality and relevant higher education established under the "Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act, 2001" to regulate higher education and to guide the country in the establishment of institutions of higher learning as well as ensure that quality and relevant education is [...]

Austria
The Austrian society for higher education didactics (ÖGHD) was founded in 1977. Since then, it has its headquarter in Vienna. The ÖGHD works primarily in German speaking area. Its goal is to document and to promote the discussion of the universities, the public and the society for the amelioration of university teaching. Its task area comprehends research of higher education [...]

Finland
The Finnish National Board of Education offers comprehensive information about the Finnish Education System. The detailed description from preschool up to adult education provides a broad overview of the Finnish system as well as of Finnish education policy. Detailed information, statistics and other sources can be obtained through further links. [Abstract: Editors of [...]

Sweden
The operations of Universitetskanslersämbetet (the Swedish Higher Education Authority) comprise three main areas: Quality assurance of higher education and appraisal of the degree-awarding powers of public-sector higher education institutions. Legal supervision of higher education. Monitoring efficiency, follow-up and horizon scanning as well as responsibility for statistics [...]

Hungary
The institute is engaged in research and development activities that aim to improve the efficiency of public education. The institute assists in making professionally well-founded decisions, improving school teaching and learning, strengthening the innovative ability of education and integrating Hungary´s school structure into the European educational environment. The [...]