In the wake of Russia’s launching of its Ukraine War, an estimated 150,000+ young Russians have fled the country. We talked to a few who have stayed.

Russian schools have been given a billion rubles to purchase state symbols to decorate their walls.

New material recognizing two Russia-friendly separatist regions in eastern Ukraine will soon be taught in Russian high schools. 

American University Kyiv is partnering with Arizona State University to provide Ukrainians higher education amid times of war. 

Finland agreed to help rebuild and reform Ukraine's education sector, and the country more generally.

A high-school biology teacher wasn't expecting officials of the Russian Orthodox Church to be so vocal about a recent lesson.

The governor of Moscow Oblast pushes for pelmeni in schools, despite resistance from the federal government.

The insect world had a sort of heyday in post-revolutionary Russia. We visit an exhibition devoted to this topic and explore what it all means.

An annual Russian competition to decide the best school cafeteria cook in all the land was held recently.

In an unusual turn of events, students in Chelyabinsk protest for more snow in the upcoming year.

"Let's revive the Soviet school of education. It was the best in the world, everyone has always recognized this, and this is what our legislative proposals should be aimed at. After all, the Unified State Exam is just some kind of torture for young people."

–  Chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, reminiscing about how the Soviet system of education really made the grade.

Bad news for Russian language students: it looks like there might soon be some new spelling rules to memorize.