Education + non-US news Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
October 12, 2009
Just over 50% of Brazilians age 25 and older did not complete the eight years of basic education
October 1, 2009
Estudiantes venezolanos levantan huelga de hambre y convocan manifestación
August 16, 2009
Guatemala: Educational Portal for K’iche’ Community
August 6, 2009
Chile Starts Early – President Bachelet leads the way in pushing the advantages of preschool.
June 12, 2009
The Western Union Foundation and Irv Barr Management Donate $90,000 to Confederation of Mexican Federations
March 17, 2009
Where’s Ecuador? Better not ask that question in Brazil. A new Brazilian geography text book for sixth-grade students doesn’t even include the South American country on the map.
March 16, 2009
Bogotá, Colombia.- La cantante colombiana Shakira está tranquila tras superar la crisis vivida hace unos días por la falta de maestros en el colegio que construyó en su natal Barranquilla, el cual alberga a niños de escasos recursos para obtener una educación de calidad.
December 5, 2008
Schools become latest targets in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez
November 19, 2008
Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz on Tuesday announced a citywide security program for schools following widespread extortion threats against teacher
November 18, 2008
Mexican schoolteachers victims of extortion racket – Gangs threatening teachers to hand over Christmas bonuses or see harm done to their families or students
September 5, 2008
Finland could teach Latin America
July 29, 2008
In his message to the nation from the Congress of the Republic, Peru’s President Alan García Perez announced there would be one million more Peruvians that are literate by November this year.
During a visit to Mexico City in 1997, Christel DeHaan, a wealthy American businesswoman-turned-philanthropist, was touring several orphanages when she decided that the best way to share her money was to create Christel House, where orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children would have an opportunity to become self-sufficient, contributing members of society.
June 11, 2008
Nationwide Teachers Strike Keeps Chile Teachers Protesting
June 4, 2008
Union of the Snake, en Español – Mexico’s Teachers’ Union
February 5, 2008
Spanish Town to Pay Kids to Read
September 25, 2007
Why Mexican schools should matter to us – Over time, Calderón’s tax reform move could help curb immigration flow
April 2, 2007
U.S. retiree’s bilingual school wins hearts in Mexico
November 30, 2006
The Immigration Answer? It’s in Mexico’s Classrooms
August 10, 2006
Fundacion Cisneros Launches Flagship Visual-Arts Education Initiative in Mexico City
March 15, 2006
Mexico schools embrace native tongues
