Katie’s Field Report #4: Parents of soon to be High School Scholarship Students
Last week we met with parents and the scholarship students who are going to start high school in January, when the next school year begins. During the meeting we asked the students who was ready to make the commitment to continue their studies in high school - a...
Katie’s Field Report #3: Jose Luis has GRIT
You may remember us talking about grit earlier this year. It's a fascinating topic and I’m reading a great book by Paul Tough called “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character.” It cites research revealing the importance of character,...
Katie’s Guatemala Field Report #2: Field Trip to Masesa
Reporting from the field once more Katie's got an update on her activities with CoEd's scholarship students in Guatemala. Last week, the middle school scholarship students got to visit a corporate environment for a motorcycle import company and CoEd corporate funder,...
Voices of CoEd: Tanya—Determined to Succeed
The second-grade classroom at Pachalí Primary School is humid. A fly buzzes from desk to desk, circling in wide, lazy arcs in an attempt to distract the students' attention from the front of the room. But teacher Regina Cabjón is reading—and the students are too busy...
Katie’s Guatemala Field Report #1 – Reyna Carol
Welcome to our new series with CoEd staffer Katie Camillus. Katie spends several weeks of the year in Guatemala evaluating the programs and working with our program teams on the ground. She always hears incredible stories from the students and teachers and we want...