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In class coaching for teachers in Guatemala

Below is an excerpt from the Second Quarter report. You can read the full report here.  Today at La Colina Middle School in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, you could peek into a classroom to see students working together in groups, pouring over their textbooks. You’d see...

Irma gets more teacher training: In her own words

A Culture of Reading Program teacher trainee talks with the Cooperative for Education about her life and her experiences with CORP. Irma Natalia Con Cuc knows how it feels to enter a classroom and not understand a word anyone says. Irma, a second grade teacher from...

Education in Action Series: Culture of Reading

What does a classroom in the Culture of Reading Program look like? When you enter a CORP classroom you’ll see students reading aloud in small groups, teachers gathering their kids into reading circles, or students creating their very own storybooks. This may...

How seeing Guatemala’s schools changed my career

Meet CoEd supporter Lauren Luken Reed.  Lauren is a second grade teacher at South Avondale Elementary in Cincinnati and it was her trip to Guatemala in 2002 that changed the trajectory of her career. Thanks for joining us on Bookmarks today, Lauren.  When did you...

Books are Awesome

We know it. You know it. And thanks to your generosity, more kids in Guatemala will soon know it too! The new school year starts next week in Guatemala, and the Textbook team is hard at work preparing the seven new schools that are entering the Textbook Program this...