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Contents about education, and for teachers
The final installment in our four-part series on education and the pandemic in Costa Rica, inspired by a 2006 series by our co-founders that...
Learning liberated: The movement for innovation in education in Costa Rica
The first thing that strikes you as you enter HeartSong Community of Free Learners is how different it looks and feels from a conventional...
What did you eat for your schoolroom lunches?
Chicken and garbanzos on top of white rice in a crowded city school? Spoon-shaped orbs of melon...
Third in a four-part series on education and the pandemic in Costa Rica, inspired by a 2006 series by our co-founders that followed three...
‘I see our school as an innovation lab’
In a country with significant educational inequality—differences that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, when the lack of connectivity of more than 400,000 students...
The curtain is drawn back for us, though at the time, it seems quite dull: long, hopeful hours in the classroom before the year...
Second in a four-part series on education and the pandemic in Costa Rica, inspired by a 2006 series by our co-founders that followed three...
Wild Backyard, a saving grace during COVID
I have the privilege to work as wildlife, nature, and travel photographer, and as a naturalist guide. When quarantine started as a result of...
Education, pandemic and inequality: transforming risk into opportunity
Why is our March edition, focused on pandemic education in Costa Rica, called "Lessons Learned"? Because as journalists who seek to practice solutions journalism,...
What is the most important part of a teacher?
What about her gaze?
Bullying starts in silence. In subtleties. It’s glances, murmurs, a passed note, a...
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Can better tourism choices help rural Costa Rica avoid environmental degradation?
There is a theory related to economic growth and the environment called the Environmental Kuznets Curve. This theory suggests that as a region begins...