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Brazil Education Documentary Posted by Rachel on Oct 17, 2011
The Brazilian Ministry of Education created a short documentary to discuss education reform in Brazil, as well as the adoption of the Programa Internacional de Avaliação de Alunos (Pisa), or International Student Evaluation Program. The short film discusses the measures the government took to improve education in Brazil, including increased spending per student and financial…
UCLA Launches Brazil Center Posted by Rachel on Feb 20, 2009
This month, the University of California, Los Angeles opened a center devoted to Brazil studies as a part of a larger center focusing on the Southern Cone. The center’s opening also featured an exhibit “Rio de Janeiro: Two Centuries of Urban Change, 1808-2008,” which will be on display at the Charles E. Young Research Library…