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Contents about education, and for teachers
Costa Rica doesn’t read enough—and we must help parents become part of the solution
Costa Rica doesn't read enough—and we must help parents become part of the solution
Before we even started reporting on reading in Costa Rica, we...
"In short, the Costa Rican student population believes they are something they are not: good readers."
That’s what Costa Rica’s 2021 State of Education report...
Podcast: Christmas traditions in Costa Rica, through the eyes of high school students
Katherine Stanley chats with four high school students from Liceo San Rafael’s bilingual track about holiday traditions in Costa Rica: the Festival de la...
Look to your left. Look to your right.
Are there familiar faces in your life whose stories you’ve never heard? Coworkers, neighbors, fellow students who...
For a bilingual country, teachers and parents must work together
The moment when I realized what teaching is all about took place when I was working at La Escuela La Inmaculada in Quepos, with...
Starting small: Costa Rica creates language immersion for public preschools
“Teacher! Here are 22,” says the cook at the Guachipelín School in San José when she hands Alexandra Wong Carbonell a bowl of 22...
From Sarapiquí for Latin America: classroom teachers help lead a shift in teacher training
You know a teacher training session is good when the air conditioning breaks.
Yohns Solís, the Latin America Education Director for TeachUNITED, remembers hosting a...
How Costa Rica transformed the way it assesses its English students
In 2018, the Costa Rican government set a goal: to graduate completely bilingual high school students.
When? No later than 2040.
How? Achieving this goal is...
‘We students need your patience’
I will never forget the moment in March 2020 when they passed out the printed announcement at the Liceo de Uvita, telling us that...
Rebeca. Ariel. Ingrid. Gabriela. Silvia.
Rebeca surrounds herself in flashcards and pens and laminated charts, even if she is the only one who can touch...
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Why not this? Composting in Costa Rica
What would it take for more people to take up composting in Costa Rica? Where else in the world is this practice being implemented...
