Rando Kuustik: The perpetual saving of Estonian education

ERR News5 November 2026, 13:38 UTCEstonia

Estonian politicians repeatedly promise to fix the education system, but school principals are left shouldering responsibility without the authority to make real decisions, Rando Kuustik writes.

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