by Angela Funez* http://vimeo.com/75413693 Video is in Spanish We often ask: why do so many children not attend school? Or: Why do schools lack trained teachers? But we seldom think about the challenges that poor families in remote communities must face in order that their children attend school. And how difficult it is for governments to provide acceptable educational … [Lee más...] about Better education: a feat for Panama’s Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous territory
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Mysteries of the brain, poverty and student learning
Traditionally, economists like me have believed that poverty can explain underperformance in school because poor families are unable to accumulate human capital due to short-term cash constraints. An unaware reader might think: what in the world does that mean? In plain terms, this means that poor kids do not usually have the resources to pay school fees, buy textbooks or … [Lee más...] about Mysteries of the brain, poverty and student learning
What if the prince were a dropout?
Last week it seemed like the whole world got involved in the royal birth, taking bets on the new prince’s gender, weight, name and arrival time. This betting is all in good fun but it got us thinking about the babies who have the odds stacked against them, even before they enter the world. Right now Latin American kids have about a 50/50 chance of graduating high school. … [Lee más...] about What if the prince were a dropout?
Can Health Education be Fun?
By Agustín Cáceres* When I was a child, my school days were sometimes fairly boring. Long classes, presentations, homework… Probably that is why, when I travelled to Chiapas (Mexico) to coordinate a number activities to educate almost 4,000 kids about healthy habits to prevent Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), I only had one thing in mind: Let’s try to make it as fun as … [Lee más...] about Can Health Education be Fun?
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By: Jorge Mahecha In Colombia, there are national exams for entrance into superior education administered to all students in the last year of secondary education. Since 1980, these exams have constituted a prime example of the continuing tradition of evaluation of students’ learning in the country. Following in this tradition, the Colombian Institute for the Promotion of … [Lee más...] about Quality: N/A
