Education

Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts) Wed Dec 12, 2012, 03:12 PM Dec 2012

Mexico’s New President Launches Massive Educational Reform for Country

http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/mexicos-new-president-launches-massive-educational-reform-for-country/20377/

President Enrique Peña Nieto has proposed a bill to reform Mexico’s educational system, following through on one of the pledges he made in his Dec. 1 inaugural address.

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The reform plan, which requires changes to the constitution, calls for measures to objectively evaluate teachers’ performance and the creation of a professional teaching force without interference from unions or other groups.

The measures, according to education experts, are designed to take control of the hiring of teachers away from the powerful SNTE teachers union.

Teaching positions, in many cases, become lifetime or hereditary jobs.

I wonder what the name of Pearson's subsidiary in Mexico is?

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Mexico’s New President Launches Massive Educational Reform for Country (Original Post) Starry Messenger Dec 2012 OP

Lois Weiner has written extensively of ed "reform" in Latin America. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #1

It's an international movement duffyduff Dec 2012 #2

I have that book. I need to find it and reread it. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #3

you'd think the unions would be working on that, if ordinary people like yourself can recognize it. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #5

you mean you think the mexican leadership is hand in glove with the americans and the british? HiPointDem Dec 2012 #4

I know right? Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #6

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

1. Lois Weiner has written extensively of ed "reform" in Latin America.

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 11:51 PM

Dec 2012

The oligarchs are cleaning up down there too.

http://books.google.com/books?id=KPfY-CjN_DkC

duffyduff

(3,251 posts)

2. It's an international movement

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 09:40 AM

Dec 2012

People had better be fighting this tooth and nail.

Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts)

3. I have that book. I need to find it and reread it.

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 04:47 PM

Dec 2012

I wonder if there is any international partnership among teachers unions? It seems like the only way we're going to push back against transnational privatization is to share resources and compare notes.

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)

5. you'd think the unions would be working on that, if ordinary people like yourself can recognize it.

Reply to Starry Messenger (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 11:14 PM

Dec 2012

funny how they're mostly not.

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)

4. you mean you think the mexican leadership is hand in glove with the americans and the british?

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 11:13 PM

Dec 2012

oh, perish the thought.

Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts)

6. I know right?

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:13 AM

Dec 2012

I do feel especially bad for Mexico though. They had workers rights enshrined in their constitution. The new government shredded that and went right on to education reform.

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