Parent Involvement-Maria
Mexico continues to work in order to increase parental involvement in different communities. As a result, the government implemented an anti-poverty program called “Oportunidades”. Oportunidades focuses on helping poor families in rural and urban communities invest in human capital (worldbank.org, 2016). Parents have an option to participate in a program that aims to improve their child’s education, health, and nutrition from primary to high school grades. The vision of Oportunidades is to help families in need by investing in their children by providing families with a monetary compensation to send their children to school. The program attempts to match the income value that children would earn if they were working, rather than attending school. Moreover, by participating in the program, administrators give parents an opportunity to be involved and aware of the operational decisions and policies, and make schools more accountable (Gertler, Patrinos, & Rubio-Codina, 2012). In essence, parents are able to use their skills to beautify the program, purchase materials needed, and volunteer in classrooms.
Curriculum and Assessments-Maria
In Mexico, the government supplies free textbooks to students in the primary grades only. Thereafter, the government expects parents to pay for their child’s books. …show more content…
Hence, Mexico faces the challenge of balancing the teacher quality across rural and urban schools. Furthermore, indigenous communities have issues with recruiting teachers due to safety, limited resources, poor quality programs, and living conditions (Santibanez, 2016). Consequently, the children’s education is often threatened due to the variance in the quality of programs among the diverse communities and not being able to meet the needs of the
Mexico continues to work in order to increase parental involvement in different communities. As a result, the government implemented an anti-poverty program called “Oportunidades”. Oportunidades focuses on helping poor families in rural and urban communities invest in human capital (worldbank.org, 2016). Parents have an option to participate in a program that aims to improve their child’s education, health, and nutrition from primary to high school grades. The vision of Oportunidades is to help families in need by investing in their children by providing families with a monetary compensation to send their children to school. The program attempts to match the income value that children would earn if they were working, rather than attending school. Moreover, by participating in the program, administrators give parents an opportunity to be involved and aware of the operational decisions and policies, and make schools more accountable (Gertler, Patrinos, & Rubio-Codina, 2012). In essence, parents are able to use their skills to beautify the program, purchase materials needed, and volunteer in classrooms.
Curriculum and Assessments-Maria
In Mexico, the government supplies free textbooks to students in the primary grades only. Thereafter, the government expects parents to pay for their child’s books. …show more content…
Hence, Mexico faces the challenge of balancing the teacher quality across rural and urban schools. Furthermore, indigenous communities have issues with recruiting teachers due to safety, limited resources, poor quality programs, and living conditions (Santibanez, 2016). Consequently, the children’s education is often threatened due to the variance in the quality of programs among the diverse communities and not being able to meet the needs of the