social learning

Designing a school using social learning

A means to igniting a flame in the minds of students

One of the experts at a recent educational conference told us that we have to use more constructivist teaching strategies in order to engage students in their own learning. “AndFULL STORY
oaxaca street vendors

Police close vendors but teachers remain

Where was the union, wonder vendors, who paid rent to Section 22

Protesting teachers remain in the main square of the city of Oaxaca, but the vendors who arrived with them last spring have been gone since Sunday. Early Sunday morning 500 FULL STORY
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big waves of pacific groundswell

Groundswell will be weaker than last time

Swell expected to appear today through Friday, says Civil Protection office

Big waves are in the forecast for much of the Pacific coast but they won’t be as big as those seen at the beginning of the month, when they reached FULL STORY
Javier Gándara Magaña

Candidate says U.S. real estate not his

Sonora election heats up: Labor Party senator pledges support to PRI

The election battle is heating up in the state of Sonora, where one candidate for governor has seen his family’s residential holdings publicly revealed and a Labor Party senator has FULL STORY
Reynaldo Díaz and daughter Alondra

The real Alondra set for reunion with mom

Agreement negotiated between parents to resolve the case

The real Alondra has been found and will soon be on her way to join her mother in the United States. Alondra Díaz, who was allegedly spirited off to Mexico FULL STORY
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community police in chilapa

Community police take over in Chilapa

Fed up with violence by two criminal gangs, indigenous communities take over

There’s a new authority and a new system of justice in the Guerrero town of Chilapa following a revolution of sorts on Saturday by residents of surrounding indigenous communities. The FULL STORY
Gov. Velasco, center, visits one of the mothers and her baby

There’s pain, anger in Chiapas today

At least 29 babies remain in hospital while officials probe the vaccinations

There’s a lot of pain today in the Chiapas mining community of La Pimienta, but there’s anger, too. Following the deaths of two infants on Friday and the hospitalization of FULL STORY
sandy swimming pool

More big waves in tomorrow’s forecast

Pacific swell of two to three meters from Chiapas to Guerrero

Another Pacific groundswell is forecast to arrive tomorrow, with waves of two to three meters expected on the south and central coast. The National Meteorological Service said big waves can FULL STORY
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Artist's conception of new Nobu hotel in Los Cabos

More tourists means more hotels in Mexico

Starwood, Thompson, Nobu are opening new properties

More new hotels have been announced for Los Cabos, Cozumel and Playa del Carmen as hoteliers take advantage of Mexico’s advances in tourism. Nobu Hotels will open its first property FULL STORY
One of the buses in yesterday's collision

9 killed after buses collide in Tamaulipas

Police blame excessive speed by one of the drivers

A collision between two buses on the Victoria-Zaragoza highway in Tamaulipas has left nine people dead and 30 injured. Federal Police have blamed excessive speed on the part of one FULL STORY
A police vehicle that was destroyed

Farmworkers, police face off in San Quintín

Protests over pay continue; international boycott urged

More than 70 people have been reported injured after a clash Saturday between San Quintín farmworkers and Ensenada police in Nuevo San Juan Copala, Baja California. Early Saturday morning, a FULL STORY
Crew of the Sea Shepherd vessel Martin Sheen

Conservation group to monitor vaquita

Government signs agreement with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

The Mexican government has entered into an agreement with a United States conservation group to monitor efforts to preserve a rare porpoise in the Sea of Cortés. The Sea Shepherd FULL STORY
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