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RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro is taking his anti-leftist ideological war to Brazil’s classrooms and universities, causing angst among teachers and education officials who say the ...
News Brazil » Education: Militarized schools spearhead attacks on public education in Brazil
As part of a broad attack on public education, Brazil has witnessed a rapid growth in the militarization of basic education over the last five years. Boosted under the government of fascistic former ...
News Brazil » Education: Brazilian student and teacher unions cover for Lula government attacks on education
Last year, numerous protests and strikes broke out in Brazil in opposition to attacks on public education promoted by the government of former president Jair Bolsonaro. These struggles were sabotaged ...
News Brazil » Education: Brazil Cuts Sex Education Despite Boom in HIV and Syphilis
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Brazil is cutting funding for sex education as the country experiences ...
News Brazil » Education: Who gets to be Brazil’s patron of education under Bolsonaro? Paulo Freire or a Jesuit saint?
Amid economic stagnation and political uncertainty in Brazil, Mr. Bolsonaro’s administration has been cutting back on public spending and now seeks to make big changes to Brazil’s social security ...
News Brazil » Education: Brazil education minister resigns over CV ‘lies’
Brazil’s education minister resigned Tuesday only five days after he was appointed, amid accusations that he lied over his academic record. Carlos Alberto Decotelli was the first black person to be ...
News Brazil » Education: Brazilian universities fear Bolsonaro plan to eliminate humanities and slash public education budgets
Tens of thousands of students and professors protested nationwide on May 30 against a Jair Bolsonaro administration proposal to slash Brazil’s public education budget and starve university humanities ...
News Brazil » Education: Brazilian Education Platform Startse Defies SingularityU
Brazilian education platform Startse is launching a new center in Silicon Valley as part of a new global expansion push planned for the coming months. The firm, focused on training programs geared at ...
News Brazil » Education: Brazil Education Firm Anima Plunges 30% as Analysts Pan M&A Deal
Shares of Brazilian education company Anima Holding SA slumped a record 30% on Wednesday after it agreed to repurchase a business it had sold five years ago, with analysts citing high valuation and an ...
News Brazil » Education: Confucius Institutes in Brazil and BRICS Education Cooperation
For the most part of the first decade in the 21st century, the five BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — were among the fastest growing emerging markets. Certainly, the ...