Tag: education

Illiteracy Falls in Brazil, But It’s Still the Lot of 10.5%

Despite the progress that has occurred in education in recent years, illiteracy persisted among ...

Brazil Has 228,000 College Professors. 48% Work in the Southeast.

Brazil has 228,319 university professors. 22.7% (52,376) have doctoral degrees or higher, 35% (80,787) ...

More Brazilian Indians Looking for Basic Schooling

Registration of indigenous students for elementary school has increased in the last three years, ...

A Sample of Brazil’s Evil: Removing a Kid from the Streets Is Against the Law.

The head of a family must take responsibility for the education of his or ...

Brazil Is in Need of a Social Shock and an End to Privilege

In a July 1998 Veja magazine interview I suggested that, were he to be ...

The Shame Katrina Blew Open and Brazil’s Eternal Katrina

The September 11 edition of Brazil’s daily O Globo carried a surprising piece of ...

Brazilian Government Gets Better Marks for Education, But Worse for Economic Policy

The CNT/Sensus poll released Tuesday, September 13, shows that people’s evaluation improved in all ...

Federal Univesity Branches Are Spreading Throughout Brazil, Says Lula

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the University for All Program ...

Why Is Brazil Celebrating?

How the crisis our country is currently experiencing will end, no one can yet ...