Tag: Aloizio Mercadante

By Julia Averbuck, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Schools located in Rio's favela neighborhoods with UPPs (Police Pacifying Units) had a larger increase on their test score results in the Brazilian Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb,...

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil's education system will be critical in improving the country's stark inequalities, and last week it was announced that 600,000 tablet computers would be handed out to public school...

By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Taiwanese technology group Foxconn has announced that it will start producing iPads in Brazil by November this year. It already has five production facilities in Brazil, and...