Education

  • El Salvador Gangs Causing Tens of Thousands to Leave School

    The number of children in El Salvador abandoning school due to gang threats has risen dramatically in recent years, illustrating some of the particular impacts the country’s dire security situation has had on young people… This piece was co-authored with Sean Tjaden. Read it in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • Chilean left wants actions not promises

    On 10 June 2014, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Santiago, Chile, along with supporters in cities around the country, to protest the government’s proposed education legislation. The action was organized by the Chilean Student Confederation (Confech), the National High School Students Association (Cones) and the Coordinating Assembly of Secondary Students (ACES) with the

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Portrait illustration of Mike LaSusa

Mike LaSusa