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030 Voters Ed (1)
One would think that Voters Education is something that is indispensable in a democracy. Perhaps that’s not the case here in the Philippines, since we only talk about it when we’re in the middle of a contentious election—when we’re seeing voters show their inability to discern between good and bad candidates—when it’s actually too late…
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029 Nutty Season
It’s that time again, that crazy time when we tell ourselves that everyone must go out and vote—yes, it’s another election year. And just like any other election year, we see a dearth of intelligent voters. One would think we’d have improved by now, after so many grave errors I wouldn’t even dare mention specifically…
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028 Are They Really Learning?
Assessment is one area we often take for granted for reasons unclear. Is it because it’s something so obvious and straightforward that we think we need not bother with it? Is it because we’re content with what we have? Is it because it’s actually too complicated to dissect that we tell ourselves let’s just do…
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027 Meeting Fe Hidalgo (3)
It had been less than an hour since I had the opportunity to meet Fe Hidalgo, then the Department of Education’s undersecretary for programs and projects, and within minutes of that encounter, I said to myself that she was one smart educator.