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Peer-led school improvement, or peer review, is an increasingly explored tool in school leadership. Through its focus on aspects such as self-evaluation and accountability, the peer review approach has the potential to increase collective efficacy and build the social and professional capital of school leaders and teachers. Peer review approaches are currently used in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Bulgaria, and Chile. This paper provides some example as well as discusses the principles and improvement implications of the peer review model when adopted in school settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on a document about the defense policy of Bulgaria. Security environment of Bulgaria; Political and socio-economic cooperation and integration; Structure and composition of the armed forces of Bulgaria.

In Bulgaria's irrigation sector, collective action solutions have been propagated by the Bulgarian Government and the World Bank in recent years. However, the introduction of a World Bank Project, the enforcement of the Bulgarian Water Law in 2000 and the Water User Association Act in 2001 find no common ground where collective action can grow. Given that villagers often hardly know anything about the water user associations that had been established on paper, the local situation is closer to one of open access, with efforts by some powerful individuals to exert some authority. This paper will show that what formally gives the impression of being a devolution-oriented policy reform by turning over decision power in resource management to local communities is, in fact, a further concentration of power in the irrigation sector. Empirical evidence is provided for pseudo devolution which is due to the actual implementation process of Bulgaria's recent legislation in the irrigation sector, which results in a concentration of property rights with state authorities. Likewise, individual actors who are capable of achieving short-term access to and management rights for the resource system are able to take advantage of the actual ambiguous local assignments of property rights and gain private benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on Bulgaria including its government, economy and defense. It states that its representative president is elected by popular vote and prime minister is nominated by the parliament. According to 2010 estimates, its gross domestic product (GDP) was 96.78 billion dollars and imports were 23.86 billion dollars. It highlights that the Defense White Paper mentions that the armed forces will have a unified command.

The article presents information on several opinion pieces, related to Macedonia, published in different publications as of June 23, 2014. One by Daniel Gros in the news paper "Utrinski vesnik" focuses on elections for next president of the European Commission. One by Daut Dauti in the "Dnevnik" focuses on the relations between the government and opposition parties in Macedonia. One by Branko Geroski focuses on Macedonian people's reaction to the floods in neighboring Bulgaria.

Focuses on `Dnevnik,' a newspaper in Bulgaria. Circulation of the paper; Target readers of the paper; Views of the Bulgarian public on the newspaper.

The article focuses on eighth-grader Jessice Simonoff whose paper uncovered an international mineral scandal in a batch of skeletal galenas from Bulgaria. Simonoff and co-author Lance Kearns of the James Madison University (JMU) museum examined the galenas through the basic test of sniffing and the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). It also notes the use of energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer for identifying the chemical structure and analyzing the chemical composition of the surface which were identified by Kearns as glass beads for making the fakes.

The author relates her visit to the lavender plantation of the company Aveda in central Bulgaria. She mentions her passion for lavender which can be seen on her personal items including hand creams, candles and paper goods scented with lavender. Lavender was used for the beauty products manufactured by Aveda including the Botanical Kinetics Hydrating Lotion. She shares how the essential oil was extracted from the lavender harvests.

The article presents information on several opinion pieces, related to Macedonia, published in different publications as of June 25, 2014. One by Slobodanka Jovanovska in the news paper "Utrinski vesnik" focuses on contest for state functions between the government and opposition. One by Bojan Sasevski in the "Utrinski vesnik" focuses on closing of citizens' accounts for tax collection. One by Zana Bozinovska in the "Dnevnik" on Macedonia's reaction to floods in Bulgaria.

The article profiles Daniel Valchev, Education Secretary of Bulgaria. He admits that he never read the classic literature required of him in school, but notes that he was able to produce papers and pass exams on the books in spite of his lack of first-hand knowledge. In spite of his position, Valchev admits he still has not read the books required by Bulgaria's curriculum, which include both Bulgarian and world literature.

Describes the Updated Plan for Organizational Structuring of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, designed to reform the nation's military in accordance with the national security requirement and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization standards. Main goal of the reform process; Functional structure of the plan; Missions of the Armed Forces as defined in the White Paper.