Court Dismisses Chihuahua’s Suit Against SEP Textbooks
With the Chihuahua suit resolved, the Supreme Court Justice of the Nation is now set to decide on the state of Coahuila’s pending suit over the free textbooks
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New SEP Textbook Content Controversies Compound
Hundreds of education specialists have protested the publication and distribution of the free textbooks, claiming the materials indoctrinate children into the government’s ideologies and prevent them from developing necessary skills for adult life
Read moreVa por México to Bring Morena’s Public Textbooks to Supreme Court
The opposition electoral coalition will also file a series of amparos against the textbooks as well as hold a public forum on the subject alongside experts, teachers and students’ parents
Read moreMexican 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
Read moreAnother Amparo Befalls SEP’s New Educational Plan
By KELIN DILLON Less than a week after Mexican Judge Martín Santos ruled to suspend the Secretariat of Public Education’s (SEP) controversial pilot educational program on Monday, Sept. 26, Federal Judge Francisco Javier Rebolledo put yet another amparo against the SEP plan, stopping the program’s implementation into 960 public schools across Mexico in its tracks. The pilot program has been
Read moreAh, the Sweet Taste of Revenge
OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) must be having a hissy fit. Already furious that his absurd electricity reform bill (which would have rewritten the Mexican Constitution to prioritize the use of energy generated by state-owned, carbon-based providers over clean, private-sector alternatives) got dashed by a united opposition in the Chamber of Deputies on Sunday,
Read moreMexico’s Textbook Reworking Ends in Failure
By KELIN DILLON After the controversial decision to rework 18 primary school textbooks for Mexico’s public school system, it has been revealed that only two of the ordered materials have successfully been completed, and will likely not even make it to publication. More than 2,300 teachers and academics were asked by the Mexican government to aid in the compilation of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS No Vaccines for Doctors Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is busy bragging about his administration’s rollout of its mishmash covid vaccines, claiming that it is on course to inoculate all the nation’s elderly population by the end of April (which it is not; there are numerous cases of eligible Mexicans who registered on the government’s online
Read moreMexico to Rework Public School Textbooks in Only Two Weeks
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), headed by Delfina Gómez, has announced its intention to rework 18 primary school textbooks in just under two weeks as part of its “New Mexican School” concept, raising serious concerns over the quality of the new educational materials. The textbooks, specifically for grades three through six, will be reworked by teachers
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