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Echoes of the Past, Divergent Futures: Charting the Shifting Landscape of After-School Education in Post-Soviet Nations

Echoes of the Past, Divergent Futures: Charting the Shifting Landscape of After-School Education in Post-Soviet Nations
In his 2025 study published in Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, Ivan Ivanov of IOE’s Pinsky Center of General and Extracurricular Education delves into the complex evolution of children's after-school activities across the vast expanse of the fifteen former Soviet republics. The research uncovers the multifaceted journeys these nations have embarked upon since the dissolution of a once-unified system, painting a vivid picture of continuity, divergence, and the persistent quest to shape young lives outside the formal classroom.