Mexican vs Chinese Factories
With the rising cost of wages in China, manufacturers are increasingly considering Mexico an attractive location to ‘re-shore’ production.
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In her most recent article in Educación a Debate, Lucrecia Santibañez writes about teacher evaluations in Mexico, a very relevant topic in the country’s current discussions on educational reform.
Santibañez talks about lessons learned in the process of evaluation seen in practice in the United States, holding that these could serve to inform Mexico’s strategy towards improvement. She concludes that although it is not possible yet to evaluate teachers in Mexico using the most advanced measures, it is possible to eventually implement them and improve the evaluation system using studies undertaken in Mexico and elsewhere as a starting point.
With the rising cost of wages in China, manufacturers are increasingly considering Mexico an attractive location to ‘re-shore’ production.
South Korea’s entry into the TPP will promote stronger cooperation between South Korea and Latin America.
This post is also available in: SpanishFormer Nicaraguan Minister of Education Humberto Belli recently shared with us his article published in La Prensa on the subject of teacher pay. Belli co-chaired the Task Force on Education in Central America that produced PREAL’s Central American Regional Report Card in 2007 and was a member of the…