Stories about Education from June, 2011
Puerto Rico: Poverty & Choices
Gil the Jenius deconstructs the argument by political conservatives that “Poverty is a choice”.
Mexico: Oaxaca Teachers on Strike Return to Classrooms
Aguachile reports that “After almost two weeks of demonstrations, the “dissident” Sección 22 of the SNTE teachers union […] returned to the class rooms today, Monday. In one of Mexico's absolute poorest states, with educational attainment at rock bottom, the teachers left the 1.4 million or so students without a...
Indonesia: Transparency in the education budget
Indonesian blogger nrg07 suggests that transparency in the education budget is more urgent than demanding compliance to the constitutional requirement of allotting 20 percent of the national budget to the education sector.
Kuwait: Egyptian Student Dismissed for Asking About the Revolution
Kuwaiti education authorities dismissed a 10-year-old Egyptian student from school for asking his teacher: "Why don't you have a revolution?" Here is a round up of reactions from Twitter. The Ministry of Education has since backed off its decision, and the child is back in school.
Russia: Social Networks and Civic Mobilisation
What effect can the rapid development of social networks, the growth of the number of users, and the strengthening of their capacity for social impact and mobilisation have, and when? Marina Litinovich analyses the factors contributing to public mobilisation via social networks.
Russia: 13 Non-Political Claims to the Government
LJ-user skitalets sums up [ru] common claims to the Russian government: hypocrisy and amorality, lack of vision, amateurishness, fear of change, ‘psychology of a petty hooligan’ towards neighbors, deafness in a dialogue with civil society, stand on ignorant majority, denial of other countries experience, historical complexes, dropping support of culture...
