Educational Authorities Still Without an Effective Pedagogical Method for Indigenous Students
Researchers at Ibero University identify gaps in biligual education in indigenous shools and the persistent inequity that ensues in indigenous education.
Education
With Four out of Ten not Attending, School Is out of Bounds for Mexican Indigenous Peoples
20% of the indigenous population is illiterate, equivalent to 1.3 million people. The government is launching yet another program to tackle the conditions of poverty and marginalization behind the educational gap.
Community Education in Today’s Chiapas
A few months ago, we shared the story of a community who had been without a school for more than 8 years. Their circumstances —like hundreds of communities across Chiapas, neglected by the State and stranded in the crosshairs of organized crime—had effectively paralyzed education for their children. Fearful of travel into town, and knowing that the nearest school had influences from criminal groups, the community sought the skills to educate themselves and their own kids.
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It Takes a Village – Join Us in Supporting Autonomy in Education!!
Even as Chiapas falls between militarized zones of interest and heavily-armed players of capital, indigenous communities continue to build the infrastructure for life and dignity.
And with that, we want to share this little ray of inspiration, and ask for your help.
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Zapatista Teachings in the Classroom
What have we learned from the Zapatistas in the 30 years since their uprising? How can their teachings be applied in the classroom? A review of some of the praxis of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM.
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