Schooling the New Russians is an important volume for specialists in Russian education and general readers alike. It places recent reforms in the context of broader historical developments, with a wealth of first-hand insight and scholarly research.

Professor David Turner, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Glamorgan

It is essential reading for anyone seeking to discover what lies below the surface of ‘modernization’ in Russian education.

Dr. Vera Kaplan, The Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies, Tel Aviv University

Joseph Zajda reveals in his important new book that Soviet propaganda against capitalism was largely true, given what is happening to the Russian education system today. This is a compelling and important text.

Professor Peter McLaren, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles

Few scholars worldwide possess Professor Zajda’s breadth and depth of knowledge of pre and post-Soviet schooling and society. This text clearly and brilliantly elucidates the reforms, the successes, and the disappointments of schooling in the evolving New Russia. 

Professor Kas Mazurek, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge, Canada