We know that Ecuador is different from the U.S. But every once in a while when we’re taking notes during a Fe y Alegria meeting or observing in a classroom, a few numbers shock us, despite their context:
$280 – average cost per year to educate a student for FyA Ecuador
$224 – average monthly FyA teacher [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Educacion by the Numbers
May 22, 2009La Bramadora – bugs, bananas, and a school in the jungle
May 14, 2009We got off the bus from Quito in a dusty supply town called El Carmen. The first thing to hit us was the heat – a palpable, equatorial wave that announced our arrival in the subtropical basin of Ecuador’s Manabi province. We hefted our duffel bags past street vendors hawking coconuts and flapping roosters, and [...]
