| Twenty Russian educators recently attended a seminar at the IU School of Education in Bloomington to share methodology and exchange ideas with their American peers. Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the seminar was co-directed by Howard Mehlinger, IU professor emeritus and former dean of the School of Education, and Janet Vaillant, a member of the staff of the Davis Center for Russian and East European Affairs at Harvard University.
The Russian participants were mid-career professionals representing institutions from cities throughout Russia. They were selected from nominations submitted by a panel of Russian educators following a December planning conference held in Bekasovo, a conference center near Moscow.
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