In regard to primary and secondary education, in 2011, Clifford J. Levy of The New York Times wrote, "Moscow has some strong public schools, but the system as a whole is dispiriting, in part because it is being corroded by the corruption that is a post-Soviet scourge.
Untuk pendidikan dasar dan menengah, Clifford J. Levy dari The New York Times mengatakan "Moskwa memiliki beberapa sekolah negeri yang kuat, namun sistemnya secara keseluruhan belumlah baik, disebabkan tercemar korupsi pasca-Soviet.