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Patricia Alvarado Portillo replied to Leigh Thelmadatter's discussion 'UABC VII Encuentro Centros de Autoacceso in Mexicali'on Friday

First of all, thanks Leigh for the great job describing the "Encuentro". I had some a close experience with a SAC at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo. It was like 4 years ago. I was trying to learn French and in order to pass the c...

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Melissa replied to Benjamin Stewart's discussion 'U.S. Department of Education Study Finds that Good Teaching can be Enhanced with New Technology'on Thursday

Yes, I remember that case well Leigh! It's my personal that the best education will equip the students to make a lifestyle choice for themselves. Unfortunately, in most of the Mexican public schools rural children will still recieve the message t...

Leigh Thelmadatter replied to Benjamin Stewart's discussion 'U.S. Department of Education Study Finds that Good Teaching can be Enhanced with New Technology'on Thursday

Thats a question that comes up again and again. How much right does a parent have to determine a child's education and how much right does the government have? The government has an interest in having a populace that is educated to be employable a...

Melissa replied to Benjamin Stewart's discussion 'U.S. Department of Education Study Finds that Good Teaching can be Enhanced with New Technology'on Thursday

The first question is do they/will they want to be a part of "today's world" when they leave school? Parents have the right to decide for themselves what kind of education they want for their children. Many of the automous communities in Chiapas h...

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Frank replied to Benjamin Stewart's discussion 'U.S. Department of Education Study Finds that Good Teaching can be Enhanced with New Technology'on Thursday

Woo hoo .. I'm a city slicker. Yeah getting technology out to places with no electricity will be a challenge. In Africa they did it by installing generators at the schools ... so that they would have their own power source. Would be nice if some c...

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