ABSTRACT
The reform programme under way in Russia's schools was officially announced in the July 1992 Law on Education of the Russian Federation, but, in fact, the momentum for change had begun some years earlier, in the mid-1980s, at the grass roots level. The reform programme under way in Russia's schools was officially announced in the July 1992 Law on Education of the Russian Federation, but, in fact, the momentum for change had begun some years earlier, in the mid-1980s, at the grass roots level. The tension between the progressive and remedial characteristics of the policies for school reform reflect a wider set of dynamics present throughout the countries engaged in a post-communist transformation. Progress had been made in adapting the teacher-education network to suit the demands of the post-Soviet school, and a more reasoned, evolutionary approach to change appeared to have emerged at all levels.
