January 20, 2016
Categories: Economy, History, Ministere Education, Natural Disaster, United States
Tags: donors, transparency, United Nations, Usaid
Find key statistics for Haiti relief and recovery. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.lessonsfromhaiti.org Contents Facts and figures on the delivery of international assistance to Haiti and other fragile settings. Aid to Haiti after the January 12, 2010 earthquake Summary of aid to Haiti from 2010-2012 Who were the recipients of the $6.43 billion disbursed …
January 20, 2016
Categories: Pedagogy
Tags: African Americans, corporal punishment, primary education
As we approach the annual celebration of Dr. King’s life, it is worth examining the difference in how our schools discipline black and white children, Dick Startz writes. Startz finds that in U.S. public schools, black children are twice as likely as white children to be subject to corporal punishment. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.brookings.edu …
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January 20, 2016
Categories: Pedagogy
Kate Walsh details the findings of a new NCTQ study, Learning about Learning, which finds little evidence that scientific advancements can be found in the coursework, specifically in the textbooks that are required reading, taken by aspiring teachers. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.brookings.edu Are textbooks behind teachers’ steep learning curve in the classroom? Teacher candidates …
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January 19, 2016
Categories: Slavery
Tags: forced labor, Price of Sugar
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.youtube.com So close and so faraway, bloody hands full of ignorance and fake smiles on the backs of many See on Scoop.it – Haiti – History
January 16, 2016
Categories: Economy, Elections, History, Human Rights, Infrastructure, Medicine and Health, Politics, United States
Tags:
The entire Haiti Under President Martelly Current-122015. Below, I have listed extrapolated parts that interested me. Political conflict embroiled Aristide and the opposition, however, and led to the collapse of his government in 2004, and Aristide again went into exile, (? forced by the US ?) eventually ending up in South Africa. Some 17% of the country’s …