Politics Soledad Acuña: 'I could be the first woman to govern the City' 17-11-2022 01:49 City Education Minister Soledad Acuña has placed her hat in the mayoral ring of Juntos por el Cambio for next year’s elections.
EDITORIAL Stating the less than obvious 22-10-2022 06:20 Understanding a problem is the most important half of the solution.
EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT Study: Only a third of secondary school graduates land quality jobs 12-10-2022 22:10 Percentage shrinks to nine for those who do not finish schooling; Study, carried out by the Observatorio de Argentinos por la Educación and CIPPEC, also shows lower female access to quality jobs. by Santiago Rojas
EDITORIAL Schools for scandal 08-10-2022 06:00 There are right and wrong ways of addressing both our critics and our supporters and of responding to crisis.
ARGENTINA Students square off with City Hall as school seizure movement grows 29-09-2022 20:19 No end in sight to tensions, with as many as 20 schools throughout Buenos Aires now occupied by student demonstrators; City education minister points finger at Kirchnerism and warns parents will pay for losses. by Sam Forster
Colombia New Presidency Colombia to divert criminals' assets to social good: president 19-08-2022 15:38 Colombia's new president Gustavo Petro has vowed to transfer assets seized from drug traffickers and other criminals to needy communities in the violence- and inequality-plagued country.
EDUCATION ROW City Hall bans use of inclusive language in Buenos Aires' schools 10-06-2022 17:22 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta has banned the use of inclusive Spanish language in schools across the capital; Critics push back against measure.
Education Crisis Report: Latin America's children lost more than a year's learning due to pandemic 05-06-2022 14:02 Children who have returned to school in Latin America after closures imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic have lost between 1 and 1.8 years of learning, according to a new World Bank report.
EDITORIAL Children are the future 18-02-2022 22:22 Education is the key issue for Argentina, in any medium or long term.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Jaime Perczyk: ‘The prime educational policy is economic policy’ 18-02-2022 22:00 Education Minister Jaime Perczyk on the importance of classroom attendance, the pandemic’s impact on learning and the make-up of Argentina’s education system. by Jorge Fontevecchia
EDUCATION ROW City education minister accused of ‘giving up’ on school dropouts 21-01-2022 17:32 Soledad Acuña sparks controversy, suggesting that some schoolchildren had been “lost” in wake of pandemic.
LATIN AMERICA Gabriel Boric has the chance to rewire Chile – and Latin America’s left 10-01-2022 10:24 Once the region’s no-frills, free-market poster child, Chile needs more government spending, not less, to sustain its growth trajectory.
Education 'We're ignorant': Illiteracy haunts isolated Venezuelan village 13-10-2021 09:28 People in Ologá are facing a serious problem due to the lack of education, although it is far from being their main trouble since, for a long time now, they have also been suffering from lack of electricity, water, and domestic gas.
EDUCATION UNICEF: Two in three LatAm kids still not back in classroom 20-09-2021 14:39 Two out of three children in Latin America and the Caribbean have not returned to the classroom after months of coronavirus lockdown, the United Nations has warned.
And that reminds me... Universities Breed Awareness 14-08-2021 07:30 Two centuries ago, UBA was inaugurated in San Ignacio Church next to what is today the Colegio Nacional, giving life to an edict dated August 9, 1821 issued by Buenos Aires Governor Martín Rodríguez – the university was thus pre-presidential. by Michael Soltys
EDUCATION IN ARGENTINA Report: 31% of Argentina's young have not completed secondary education 11-08-2021 22:03 New IDESA study based on Education Ministry data finds that 31% of Argentines under the age of 24 have not completed their secondary education.
As I see it A tragedy in the making 31-07-2021 00:41 The Peronists have little interest in confronting the unions. However, in view of what the country will be up against in the very near future, the more realistic among them must be having second thoughts. by James Neilson
Coronavirus pandemic City Hall: Children will return to schools in August with normal timetables 19-07-2021 17:12 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announces "gradual, careful and progressive" plan to return 700,000 students to in-person classes as schools.
SEX EDUCATION SPENDING Health Ministry defends purchase of 10,000 wooden phalluses 19-07-2021 06:00 Health Ministry's approval of purchase of 10,000 polished wooden phalluses, condom dispensers and other items raises attention online. Items, estimated to cost more than 13 million pesos, will be used for sex education purposes.
APRENDER TESTS Government, opposition clash in row over standardised testing 19-06-2021 08:52 Macri, Acuña, Rodríguez Larreta slam move to ‘suspend’ nationwide tests; Education minister, however, says they aren’t being suspended.
Coronavirus pandemic Kicillof announces ‘gradual’ return of in-person classes in Buenos Aires Province 11-06-2021 23:38 Buenos Aires Province governor announces "gradual" return to classroom schooling as from Wednesday, as part of the new phase of Covid-19 restrictions running until June 25, as well as an agreement with China’s CanSino lab for five million vaccines.
Coronavirus pandemic Rodríguez Larreta: Classes at schools in City will restart on Monday 28-05-2021 21:33 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta says that in-person classes at schools in the capital will restart this Monday, when the government-imposed nine-day lockdown ends.
Covid-19 measures Fernández finishes drafting Covid ‘superpowers’ bill 08-05-2021 00:33 President responds to unfavourable Supreme Court ruling with strong criticism and stepping up legislative push to clarify enforcement of Covid-19 measures.
EDITORIAL Courting deadlock 08-05-2021 00:28 The whole idea of the separation of powers is to achieve a constructive division of labour, not a collision course in which the component forces cancel each out.
BLOW FOR GOVERNMENT Supreme Court rules in favour of City Hall in education dispute 04-05-2021 13:17 Supreme Court rules in favour of the Buenos Aires City government in its education dispute with the national government, confirming City Hall has the right to decide whether in-person classes in the capital should continue.
Education row Rodríguez Larreta: Classes will continue until Supreme Court rules 30-04-2021 22:13 Buenos Aires City mayor says infant and primary school students will continue with in-person classes, with secondary students adopting a 'mixed model.' City Hall also announces new restrictions for businesses, shopping and other activities.
Education row Supreme Court to rule on education dispute ‘towards end of week’ 26-04-2021 19:20 Argentina's highest court expected to decide on the row over in-person classes between the National and Buenos Aires City governments “towards the end of the week,” according to City Hall sources.
EDUCATION ROW City Hall, Casa Rosada await Supreme Court ruling on in-person classes 24-04-2021 00:38 Court declares itself "competent" to take on the issue and will settle the education row between the Buenos Aires City government and the national government.
Coronavirus Pandemic Vizzotti warns Argentina is in 'worst moment' of coronavirus pandemic to date 21-04-2021 17:03 Health Minister Carla Vizzotti warned Wednesday that Argentina is in "the worst moment" of the coronavirus pandemic to date and asked citizens to take extra care amid Covid-19 second wave surge.
Education row City Hall tells schools to carry on with classes, despite new court ruling 20-04-2021 23:26 Federal judge reignites education row between the Buenos Aires City and National governments, annulling previous court order authorising in-person classes at schools. City Hall, however, refuses to back down.
EDUCATION ROW Supreme Court says it will rule on row over in-person classes 19-04-2021 16:37 Supreme Court declares itself "competent" to take on the issue and will settle the education row between the Buenos Aires City government and the national government.
Education row Rodríguez Larreta: Schools in City will have classes tomorrow 19-04-2021 00:07 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announces that he will adhere to court ruling and that schools in the nation’s capital will be open on Monday.
EDITORIAL We do need some education 17-04-2021 09:26 Last year’s economic havoc has been quantified, but there is no way of measuring the losses to come from extended suspensions of classroom education.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Rodríguez Larreta vows to challenge school closures before Supreme Court 17-04-2021 08:00 Buenos Aires City Mayor says he will do “everything possible to have children in class on Monday,” after president orders schools in AMBA to close for two weeks.
NEW RESTRICTIONS Argentina's schools become political battleground after curbs 16-04-2021 17:13 Decision to shut down schools has become the latest point of political conflict between the federal government and the City of Buenos Aires, run by the opposition, as the country heads into a second wave of Covid-19.