November 3, 2014
THE IMPORTANCE OF OPENING THE AULA (CLASSROOM)

THE IMPORTANCE OF OPENING THE AULA (CLASSROOM)

Last week, we went to visit a school that is just finishing the Turnkey process.  We planned a morning visit for the donor; in fact,…

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October 27, 2014
“EDUCATION IS NOT THE FILLING OF A PAIL, BUT THE LIGHTING OF A FIRE.” —WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS.

“EDUCATION IS NOT THE FILLING OF A PAIL, BUT THE LIGHTING OF A FIRE.” —WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS.

Twelve years ago, I used the Yeat’s quote on my application to apply to be a New York Teaching Fellow at New York Public Schools.…

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October 23, 2014
¿POR QUÉ NO GRITAN?

¿POR QUÉ NO GRITAN?

Hace una semana, Malala Yousafzai fue la persona más joven en la historia del mundo recibir el Premio Nobel. “Los extremistas tienen miedo a los libros…Vamos a…

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October 8, 2014
SELLING VISION VERSUS THE TRUTH.

SELLING VISION VERSUS THE TRUTH.

Greg Mortenson, famous for his heroic work establishing schools in Afghanistan through the NGO Central Asia Institution (CAI), as told in his best-selling book Three Cups…

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October 8, 2014
TALKING AND WRITING ABOUT UNIVERSAL THOUGHTS

TALKING AND WRITING ABOUT UNIVERSAL THOUGHTS

Geovany and Leydi are siblings. They live in Huizucar, and Emilio lives in San José Villanueva. Both cities are rural areas that belong to the…

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October 7, 2014
WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

The front story on this morning’s New York Times’ website A Smuggled Girl’s Odyssey of False Promises and Fear tells 16-year-old Cecilia’s story. Cecilia, like so many…

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September 16, 2014
HOW DO YOU SAY “LITERACY” IN SPANISH?

HOW DO YOU SAY “LITERACY” IN SPANISH?

Last week, September 8, was International Literacy Day. How do you translate International Literacy Day to Spanish? We can’t figure it out. Literacy, a word…

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September 8, 2014
EL DÍA DEL NIÑO (Y LA NIÑA)

EL DÍA DEL NIÑO (Y LA NIÑA)

Tomorrow is El Día del Niño/a in El Salvador. The Day of the Child. Three years ago, just as we started planning the Santa Tecla…

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September 8, 2014
BANNED BOOKS WEEK

BANNED BOOKS WEEK

«Destroying things is much easier than making them.» –The Hunger Games, one of the «most challenged» books of 2013. And part of the ConTextos core…

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September 8, 2014
«I’M CONVINCED»

«I’M CONVINCED»

Yesterday, Lindsay and I had the pleasure of visiting Grade 6 at the Academia Británica Cuscatleca, what we call the British School. (They don’t say sixth…

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September 3, 2014
BUENOS AIRES

BUENOS AIRES

I’m in Buenos Aires for a conference on Service Learning, presenting the Babayan Story Project, an initiative ConTextos’ has helped launch with Harvard Professor Kiku Adatto. I…

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August 8, 2014
“WHILE WRITING MY STORY, I REALIZED THAT MY MOTHER LEFT NOT BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T LOVE ME, BUT BECAUSE SHE DID!” SAID KATHERINE, ABOUT THE PROCESS OF WRITING HER MEMOIR “A LARGA DISTANCIA” OR LONG DISTANCE, IN ENGLISH.

“WHILE WRITING MY STORY, I REALIZED THAT MY MOTHER LEFT NOT BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T LOVE ME, BUT BECAUSE SHE DID!” SAID KATHERINE, ABOUT THE PROCESS OF WRITING HER MEMOIR “A LARGA DISTANCIA” OR LONG DISTANCE, IN ENGLISH.

“While writing my story, I realized that my mother left not because she didn’t love me, but because she did!” said Katherine, about the process…

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