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| Title | Mexican students learn by satellite TV |
| Body | Full article available at: http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1021/p01s02-woam.html ATLIHUETZIA, MEXICO It's Monday, a school morning, and 14-year-old Manuel Damian is glued to the television. He's not playing hooky and he isn't feeling ill. In fact, the ninth-grader is sitting quietly in class, his blue school sweater buttoned up against the chilly mountain air. Today, fully 1 in 5 Mexicans in seventh, eighth, and ninth grade attends TV junior high. In fact, it could very well be the future of midlevel public education in Mexico - and in many parts of the world, including parts of the US. Thanks to their extremely low costs, coupled with tight school budgets and soaring student populations, Mexico's telesecondaries have become a model for providing education to all students, even as questions about their effectiveness persist. Bensinger, K. Mexico's answer to tight school budgets: teaching by TV. http:// www.csmonitor.com/2004/1021/p01s02-woam.html (21 Oct. 2004). |
| Source | Christian Science Monitor |
| Inputdate | 2004-10-21 21:06:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2004-10-21 21:06:00 |
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