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Monday, January 7, 2008

Quote of the Week: Education is the Most Significant Investment to CHANGE




“If we make education pertinent, something the student enjoys, then it won’t matter if the classroom’s walls are straw or the students are sitting on fruit boxes.”

Oscar Becerra
Head of Educational Technology of Peru


Some (students) tell me that they don’t want to be like their parents, working in the fields.”

Erica Velasco
1st-grade teacher, Peru

Note: Peru has ordered 272,000 XO laptops for $100 per each, to distribute its 9000 rural elementary schools.

Source: Chicago Tribune (January 6, 2008)
Picture: http://www.the-directory.org/images/education.jpg
http://www.sweden.se/upload/Sweden_se/english/factsheets/SI/SI_FS83a_Higher_education_in_Sweden/Higher_education_FS83a_3.jpg

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