December 4, 2013
Categories: Pedagogy, Report On Education, Strategies
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See on Scoop.it – Teaching and testing Stateline has published a brief but very helpful summary of the controversial dimensions of the Common Core State Standards, often at the heart of the current debates around education reform. Alex Lizzappi‘s insight: Although not imposed by the federal government, the Common Core was made virtually essential […]
December 1, 2013
Categories: Foreign Policy, Sovereignty
Tags: corruption, foreign policy, haiti, police, sovereignty
See on Ayiti Now Corp PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The U.S. State Department has begun a community policing program in Haiti that aims to strengthen ties between officers and the neighbourhoods they patrol in a country where police are largely mistrusted. Alex Lizzappi‘s insight: Such heavy-handed tactics were on the mind of a few students […]
December 1, 2013
Categories: E-learning, Strategies
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See on Scoop.it – Teaching and testing The first touch-screen tablet manufactured in Haiti has been released in capital Port-au-Prince with company officials announcing that sales will target other Caribbean markets.The tablet, called Sutab, utilises the Android operating system…. See on jamaica-gleaner.com
December 1, 2013
Categories: Competitiveness, Foreign Policy, Millennium Development Goals
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A senior US official visiting Haiti called on Tuesday for greater transparency to improve the quality of education in the Caribbean country’s long-struggling classrooms. Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited classrooms at the Tabarre National School in Port au Prince where the students face obstacles to getting an education. He told the Associate Press he believes […]
December 1, 2013
Categories: Foreign Policy, Sovereignty
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See on Ayiti Now Corp The leaders plan to decide at a meeting Tuesday in Trinidad whether to impose sanctions against the Dominican Republic over a high court ruling denying citizenship to children of undocumented Haitians.