Polígono Industrial Don Bosco
Business complex gives low-income residents a chance to thrive

An alternative to life behind bars

Bridging the research gap
An expert argues that Latin America should redouble its efforts to apply new science and technology to old problems

Using the classroom to fight for peace
A new study explores how educational programs can help to heal societies battered by conflict

A school you can breathe in
Why students in a rural community in southern Haiti are finding it easier to concentrate on their studies

Education for a new Amazon
An innovative course prepares students for big changes coming their way

Public school, privately run
A unique partnership between church and state brings high-quality education to impoverished Peruvian villages

‘This is an ideal school’
Why teachers love to work at Fe y Alegría schools, despite remote locations and low pay

Fe y Alegría in facts and figures

An army of volunteer teachers
Mexican youths volunteer to teach school in isolated rural villages, earning scholarships and vivid memories in return

Great expectations
How two young volunteer teachers earned the support of skeptical parents

Education that respects cultures and communities 

When good is not good enough
School systems gearing up for the global economy

The university in my bedroom
Will the Internet bring the world’s best colleges to Latin American homes?

In search of the killer strategy
An education expert argues that only a handful of large, rich institutions will succeed in selling virtual higher education

Click here for Columbia
How a for-profit company is delivering courses from world-renowned universities to desktops in Latin America

Blackboard, television or computer screen?
The president of Latin America's largest virtual university argues that the Internet will eclipse television as the favored distance education medium

IDB invests in Peru’s virtual education pioneer

A portable bridge for the digital divide
Barbados jump-starts computer literacy at disadvantaged schools by lending laptop computers that can be taken home

Communities unite to reform schools
Local people demand better quality, but sometimes disagree over bilingual education