Mexican Judge Orders SEP to Halt Printing of New Textbooks
An initial check made by parents, educational experts and civil associations of the contents of the textbooks revealed that schoolchildren could possibly be indoctrinated
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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 moreSome Lessons from Karl Marx for Mexico’s Schoolteachers
“The war (against Mexico) will surely be a worthy prelude to the military history of the great country of the Yankees.” (Letter to Friedrich Engels, London, Nov. 30, 1854)
Read moreSEP Urges Teachers to Read Lenin, Marx
Reforma political columnist F. Bartolome wrote a short and punchy comment about the issue in his Thursday, Feb. 2, column: “With the SEP recommending that teachers read Lenin and Marx, they could well recommend Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to also read the Constitution. Just a suggestion”
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 moreAdvisor Takes Fall for Esquivel in UNAM Plagiarism Case
Esquivel was originally alleged to have plagiarized the thesis of her fellow UNAM student Edgar Ulises Báez back in 1987
Read moreDel Moral, Gómez to Contest Governorship in State of Mexico
The ruling party, the leftist National Regeneration Movement of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is looking to wrest away control of EdoMex from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Read moreSeGob, SEP Toss Esquivel Plagiarism Case Back to UNAM
The UNAM can grant a title and it can also take it away, but not a professional license
Read moreBall in SEP’s Court on Esquivel Plagiarism Case
At the time the news broke, López Obrador immediately came to the defense of the embattled justice, saying that he’d rather be wrong about Esquivel, rather than agree with Sheridan
Read moreAMLO Accuses UNAM Rector of Playing ‘Pontius Pilate’
The SEP will have to decide what the consequences will be for Esquivel
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