When schools worldwide began shifting from face-to-face to virtual classrooms due to the pandemic, educators were forced to rethink and redesign their learning environments – essentially overnight. While technology in schools had been rising for years, few teachers had extensive experience in conducting learning in a mostly online environment. In Honduras, nearly … [Read more...] about Creating Effective Online Education Experiences in Honduras
Raquel Fernández
Raquel Fernández-Coto is an Education Specialist within the Inter-American Development Bank’s Education Division based in Honduras, where she leads the sector’s portfolio in the country. She has particular interest and expertise in the areas of secondary education, technical education, and on-the-job training. Before joining the Education Division, she was part of the IDB's Labor Markets Division, where she designed and managed projects in the Caribbean and Central America to promote apprenticeships and other programs linked to the productive sector. Previously, she also worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C. within the Economics Unit of the Department of Sustainable Development for Latin America and the Caribbean in infrastructure, logistics and agriculture projects and at the Council for the Promotion of Competitiveness of Costa Rica as Director of Programs and Projects. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Chicago and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Same storm, different boats
Entry by Ivonne Acevedo, Eleno Castro, Raquel Fernández, Iván Flores, Marcelo Pérez Alfaro, Miguel Székely, and Pablo Zoido. If someone at some point thought that the pandemic was affecting us all in the same way, it soon became clear that we do not face the storm from the same boat. Anyone, regardless of age, profession, socioeconomic status or celebrity, can contract … [Read more...] about Same storm, different boats