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Bolivia: Indigenous Studies Versus Global Competitiveness

Written byDavid Sasaki
Posted 25 July 2006 19 years ago

Jaime Escalante, the real life Bolivian math teacher portrayed by Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver, argues that too much emphasis on indigenous language and education will take away from the global competitiveness of Bolivian students.

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