November 25, 2012
Categories: History
Tags: culture
A Zombie Is a Slave Forever – NYTimes.com. mixture of old African religious beliefs and the pain of slavery, especially the notoriously merciless and coldblooded slavery of French-run, pre-independence Haiti. The only escape from the sugar plantations was death, which was seen as a return to Africa, or lan guinée (literally Guinea, or West Africa). […]
November 25, 2012
Categories: Medicine and Health, Natural Disaster
Tags: hurricane Sandy, natural disaster
Haiti faces hunger catastrophe after hurricane Sandy destroys harvests | Global development | guardian.co.uk. Although Haiti was not directly in Sandy’s path, the storm last month triggered heavy rains and severe flooding in the west and the south. Rivers which flooded during the storm washed away topsoil, fruit trees and cultures. Eroded banks gave way […]
November 23, 2012
Categories: Competitiveness, Foreign Policy
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The Talent Paradox: Funding Education as a Global Public Good | Brookings Institution. This is not back door privatization of the education system on a global scale. Funding should not be conflated with service delivery. We are advocating an equitable and transparent funding mechanism that has a chance of giving a quality education to all […]
November 11, 2012
Categories: Teachers
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Mr Edmond Teaches – YouTube. Small excerpt of the charismatic and dedicated Mr. Edmond teaching his 6th grade classroom at AEMSA, a primary school in Saint Marc, Haiti where Ayiti Now Corp delivers school books and teacher training.
November 4, 2012
Categories: Report On Education, Strategies, Teachers
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In this talk Christopher Emdin talks about the true meaning and role of “peace”, “justice”, “equity” and “equality” in the classroom by talking about Reality Pedagogy. The full title of his talk is: Reality Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, Truth, and Distortions Christopher Emdin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology at […]