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Conferences    On 14-18 March 2006 Virginija Budiene, Project Director of the Education Policy Center, participated in the Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu (USA). In this Conference the results of international education monitoring project "Dropouts" were presented. The project is coordinated by the Education Policy Center. Presentations: Monitoring Drop outs  Virginija Budiene, Education Policy Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania Definitions of Dropouts  Indra Dedze, OSI ESP, Budapest Perspectives, Experiences and Calls for Action from Post-Socialist Countries  Mercedes del Rosario, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA Children in School but out of Schooling: Kazakhstan case  Education Policy Analysis Center, Kazakhstan School Dropout Monitoring: Slovakia  Marcela Maslova, Center for Education Policy at the Orava Association, Slovakia    On 11-12 November 2005 international conference "Education Policy Transformations: Migration, Borrowings, Glocalization" took place at Vilnius University, Faculty of Philosophy. This conference was organized by the Education Policy Center and Department of Education. Conference programme and other information >>>.    OSI Education Conference Education and Open Society: A Critical Look at New Perspectives and Demands. June 30, 2005 - July 2, 2005, Budapest, Hungary Presentations on education monitoring projects: "The Rise of Private Tutoring in Post-Socialist Eurasia"  "School Dropouts: Different Faces in Different Countries"     Comparative and International Education Society's meeting at Stanford University, was held March 22-26, 2005. The convention theme "Beyond Dichotomies" explores thought about the meaning of the many oppositions that is created to discuss education theory and practice. The group of Education Policy Centers, who are conducting education monitoring project on Private Tutoring, supported by OSI ESP, was invited to deliver presentations in a special panel devoted to the issue. Panel at the CIES conference "The Rise of Private Tutoring in Post-Socialist Eurasia"  : An overview of monitoring studies of the new policy network in Eurasia Virginija Budiene, Education Support Program, Open Society Institute, Budapest Shadow Education: Findings from the international monitoring study on private tutoring in Eurasia Iveta Silova, Baku State University, Azerbaijan Private tutoring in Poland Elzbieta Putkiewicz, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw, Poland Scope, Perspectives, Social and Ethical Implications of Private Tutoring in the Education System of Georgia Nino Kutateladze and Anna Matiashvili, International Institute for Education Policy, Planning and Management (EPPM), Tbilisi, Georgia Private Tutoring in Azerbaijan Elmina Kazimzade, Center for Inclusive Education, Baku, Azerbaijan Mark Bray (Discussant), Hong Kong University    Curriculum development for social inclusion: regional seminar for the Baltic and Scandinavian countries Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-8 December 2001