"Learning to Change" Published in South Slavic Languages

In 2005, Central European University Press published the English-language version of the book Learning to Change: The Experience of Transforming Education in South East Europe, edited by Terrice Bassler. Now the book will be published in South Slavic languages as the result of collaboration by recognized leaders from NGOs, academia, government service, as well as schools and communities throughout South East Europe.

The book was developed through the Open Society Institute's education network in the region. It includes a collection of first-person narratives by specialists in education from 11 countries and territories of South East Europe. They chronicle the profound effect on schooling of armed conflicts, post-communist transition, and the increasing openness of the past 15 years. It also includes basic data on education and chronologies of education reform by country from 1989 to the present.

The initiative to publish the book in South Slavic languages was begun in 2006 in cooperation with the Open Society Education Program–South East Europe, the Education Support Program, and Open Society Fund–Bosnia & Herzegovina. The publisher is Buybook, in Sarajevo. The launch of the book is scheduled for October 20, 2006, in Sarajevo.