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Posts Tagged ‘Latin America’
 

 
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Kids’ Survey on Sexuality Creates Change in Nicaragua

In my last post I wrote about an organization in northern Nicaragua, CESESMA, that uses a framework of human rights to address the needs of children and adolescents.  I described their use of consultorias, or investigative con...
by Sara Van Note
 

 
 
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China’s Rising Wages Offer Big Education Opportunity for Latin America

We’re hopeful about the potential for education improvements in Latin America.  And, it all has to do with China.  Let us explain. As China’s population gets older its labor force will start to shrink dramatically...
by Marliz Calleja
 

 
 

Unemployed Youth Spark Global Change

All over the globe, young people are mobilizing against unprecedented youth unemployment rates.  Youth on the front lines of the revolutions of the Arab Spring, the Occupy movement, and student uprisings in South America deman...
by Sara Van Note
 

 

 

The Grammy Goes to…One of Venezuela’s Most Popular Music Ed Graduates

Gustavo Dudamel, considered El Sistema’s most notable student, is getting major international attention after receiving a Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance. El Sistema is the Venezuelan national music program ...
by Marliz Calleja
 

 
 

Latin America Pushes New Plans in Response to Alarming Test Scores

In Latin America, the numbers look downright ugly.  Students in nine countries in the region were tested by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2009.  The results ranked the nine countries between 44th ...
by Marliz Calleja