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Educational Gaps Limit Brazil’s Reach - NYTimes.com

Education is a major stumbling block in Brazil’s bid to accelerate its economy and establish itself as one of the world’s most powerful nations.

…The government has had some notable successes, including a program that has created about 700,000 scholarships for low-income students to attend private colleges, an effort lauded by education specialists.
Under Mr. da Silva, the government also opened more than 180 vocational schools compared with 140 added during the previous 93 years and has administered a new test to evaluate student performance.
School enrollment has continued to climb, a trend that began in the 1990s under the previous president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and middle school graduation rates have risen under Mr. da Silva by 13 percentage points to 47 percent, Mr. Haddad said.
But those successes fall short of the urgent thrust for change that some education specialists were hoping to see from Mr. da Silva, considering his background. Not nearly enough was done to improve the quality of education and teaching methods, and the president has not used his bully pulpit to inspire the nation to demand more from its teachers and schools,…

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Department of Education employees busted for using sick days

Even teachers play hooky to work on their tans. More than a dozen Department of Education employees were busted in the past two years for faking illnesses to take paid vacations, records show.

…Even teachers play hooky to work on their tans. More than a dozen Department of Education employees were busted in the past two years for faking illnesses to take paid vacations, records show.
Two newlywed teachers jetted to Italy for a honeymoon. Another couple flew to sunny Aruba for a romantic getaway. And a school cook took her two kids - students at her school - on a cruise.
At least 13 teachers, classroom aides and school cooks broke Education Department rules and either lost their jobs or paid steep fines, reports by Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard Condon show.
Each busted worker managed to get sick notes from their doctors - but most needed a lesson in how to be discreet.
Fresh tans and Facebook photos tipped off administrators and co-workers to some of the secret jaunts, according to investigators.
Robert Nappo, 55, a teacher and coach at Susan Wagner High School on Staten Island, and his wife, Cindy, a teacher at Canarsie High School in Brooklyn, were each fined $7,500 for a honeymoon…

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