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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Turkey's teacher training crisis: a perfect storm

"Turkey's teacher training crisis: a perfect storm

Katrina The covergence of three critical problems may create a perfect storm in the nation's schools.

Next year high schools across Turkey will teach 12th grade for the first time as a result of the reform of the old 3-year high school curriculum. This means that the enrollment in every high school in Turkey will suddenly jump by up to 33% (in the remarkable event of no drop-outs). Even if every square inch of office space, libraries and labs is appropriated, many schools will still not have room."

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