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In February 2013, the Mexican government of president Pena Nieto, passed an “Education Reform” for all of Mexico.
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This Education Reform will:mandate more standardized tests for
studentscreate evaluations for teachers that
would get a lot of teachers firedand it would make it easier for
private companies to become part of the Mexican educational system.
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Standardized Tests•This would make all students learn the same material across every state in the country.
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Many teachers and students are against this because they think that students in the countryside need to know different things than students in the cities.
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● Teachers and students also want to be able to teach and learn their Indigenous language and culture as part of their education.
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Tests to Evaluate Teachers
•The standardized evaluation of teachers through tests (and the tests of their students) would mean that teachers will be judged for how they do on a test more than how they teach in a classroom or act with their students.
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• If teachers cannot pass the test in 3 tries, they will be fired.
All teachers would be tested on the same material even though the schools they teach in are very different.
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In response to this “Education Reform”, teachers have been protesting with students and parents to fight for what they think education should look like.
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Teachers have gone on strike, have blocked freeways, have occupied buildings, have had forums with politicians and still the government has not listened.
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For my children, I am also, WITH THE TEACHERS, in defense of public education.
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Sorry for the blocked streets. We are building a better country for your children.
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Parents and Students supporting the protests of teachers.
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Teachers in the state of Michoacan went on strike for two months to protest this unjust reform.
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In Mexico City, teachers blocked the road to the airport and had confrontations with the police.
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For the past few months, teacher have created an encampment in “el Zocalo”, the center of Mexico City. In the last weeks over 10,000 teachers have stayed there to protest.
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One week ago, September 13th, 2013 the government took down the encampment and kicked out all of the teachers.
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The protests continue, now university students are pledging to join the fight for the education that all students truly deserve and against these “reforms”.
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Different universities announce that they will go on strike to support the Mexican teachers
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The took so much away from them that they ended up taking away their fear.
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This is a mural on a school in Oaxaca, Mexico with a quote that says
“ Rebellion is life, submission is death”
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What can we learn from the teachers, students and parents in Mexico?
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What do we want our schools to be like here?
What are the reasons we don’t have what we need in our
schools?
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What should we do to fight for our schools to be better?