In 2016, no events happened that would significantly influence the development of the Russian education system. The agenda that had emerged in 2012–2015 was being implemented. The regular monitoring of the effectiveness of higher education institutions was conducted, the average salary of...

The federal budget for 2013 and the planning period 2014-2015 has already been given the label ‘anti-social': the rising volume of budget allocations to the ‘guns' brings down that of allocations to ‘butter' – including ‘educational butter.'

In 2018, the main developments in the education system can be divided into the two unequal phases: one before the President's May 2018 Decree and the other after it. Before May 2018, the main attention was focused on teachers' salaries; the “struggle” to raise them to the average pay in a...

The main goal of the National Project ‘Education' – to ensure Russia's placement in the top ten countries in general education quality ranking – is quite achievable. However, there exist some risks that the motivation of the project participants may dwindle, and the approach to...