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Return to Class Overshadowed by Mexico’s Controversial New Curriculum

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OPINION By KELIN DILLON As more than 25 million members of Mexico’s school-aged population returned to class on Monday, Aug. 29, to begin the new school year, controversy is running abound surrounding the staggered implementation of the Mexican government’s contentious and newly created curriculum – an syllabus widely criticized by international educational experts yet still vehemently defended by departing Secretary

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Mexican Schools Close as Children’s Covid Cases Increase

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By KELIN DILLON Barely one full week after their reopening, 39 Mexican public schools once again temporarily shuttered their doors to in-person classes after a number of their student populations tested positive for covid-19, said Secretary of Public Education (SEP) Delfina Gómez on Tuesday, Sept. 7. A total of 88 schools throughout Mexico reported positive cases, representing .06 percent of

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Morena Uses Shell Companies to Generate Invoices

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By KELIN DILLON New reports have revealed that Mexico’s in-power leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) used 64 shell companies to issue 2,445 invoices totaling to 31 million pesos over the years, a practice it has long admonished and lambasted opponents for doing. Morena has allegedly used these ghost invoicing companies since the party’s creation in 2014, beginning the practice just

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SEP Shoots Down Reopening of Private Schools

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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) has put an end to private schools’ dream of reopening for face-to-face classes, coming in a decision announced on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The National Association of Private Schools released a statement on Monday, Feb. 22, stating its intention to resume in-person education on March 1, following strict social distancing protocols. “The

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