AMLO Proposes Ban on Medical Fentanyl
Several physicians in the country immediately pushed back on AMLO’s suggestion
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Private Sector Covers Government’s Education Shortcomings
The National Commission for Free Textbooks commissions most of the production of Mexico’s educational textbooks
Read moreVenezuelan Official’s Role in SEP Causes Uproar
The presence of former Venezuelan government official Sady Arturo Loaiza Escalona in the content-design team of Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education has caused an uproar among educational experts in the country
Read moreMexico’s New Public Education Plan Built on 4T Ideology, Not Learning
By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, April 26, Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) announced it would be overhauling the nation’s public education system, replacing established textbooks and standardized exams with a curriculum based on the leftist ideology of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) so-called Fourth Transformation (4T). According to SEP Director of Educational Materials Marx Arriaga, the new
Read moreMexico Abandons Crucial International Education Testing
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Three years after Mexican students were ranked last among 38 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries in math, science and reading by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the country has apparently suspended the tests altogether. Tue Halgreen, a senior analyst at PISA headquarters in France, confirmed the suspension of field tests in Mexico
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