Clique aqui para Português “You aren’t from the favela. You’re from the world,” Iara Oliveira, founder of the Alfazendo NGO, tells her students. Alfazendo is an educational NGO based in the City of God favela in Rio […]
Clique aqui para Português Suzanna da Silva remembers her school experience as unstable. “I was about 10 years old. From there I started going to school. I would study half of the year; the other […]
Clique aqui para Português Teacher discontent and demoralization in Rio de Janeiro is growing. After four months, a strike coordinated by the state teachers union recently ended. The striking teachers were demanding an increase in wage […]
Clique aqui para Português After four months of striking, a majority of the teachers’ union for Rio de Janeiro State, SEPE (Sindicato Estadual dos Profissionais da Educação), overwhelmingly voted to continue the strike at a […]