2019 Report Card

Report cards are in! As the next decade begins (I know, we can’t believe it either!), it’s time for us to reflect on how our programs performed in 2019 and share our findings with you, the people who make this all possible. Here at CoEd, we evaluate the...

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Take a moment to reminisce with me. What was your childhood like? Was it anything like mine? I grew up in your typical Midwest, middle-class home with my parents and four siblings—two brothers and two sisters. Our parents worked hard to provide for us, but we were...

Behind-the-Scenes at a Textbook School

Overwhelmed. Hopeful. Overjoyed. This is what you’ve told us you felt after visiting your first Textbook School on a CoEd tour. So, how do the students feel? How about their parents? Their teachers? CoEd staff member and tour guide extraordinaire, Juan Pablo (pictured...

Riding with Augusto

While in Guatemala on a project tour this February, I got to climb into a truck with one of our Textbook Program Coordinators and ask him about his work. Augusto Bal is a jolly, Mayan grandpa of a man whose presence immediately calms and gladdens the heart. He has 23...

Technology Contributes to Student Success

Principal Pablo Xinico gets it. During a celebration earlier this year at his school, he wisely said, “Education is a critical base required for development in rural areas. In our globalized world, technology is now an even more important part of the education...