Professores do Rio suspendem greve e voltam às aulas depois de quase cinco meses
Os professores da rede estadual de ensino do Rio de Janeiro decidiram suspender a greve e voltar às salas de aula amanhã (27), depois de quase cinco meses paralisados. A decisão foi tomada hoje (26) em...
View ArticleUSP limita em R$ 118 milhões gasto com nova etapa de demissões voluntárias
A partir da próxima segunda-feira (01), até o final de agosto, a Universidade de São Paulo (USP) abrirá inscrições para servidores interessados na nova etapa do Programa de Incentivo à Demissão...
View ArticleMEC cria comitê para discutir base curricular comum da educação básica
O Ministério da Educação (MEC) instituiu um comitê que vai discutir a Base Nacional Comum Curricular para a educação básica e a reforma do ensino médio. O colegiado vai acompanhar o processo de...
View ArticleJustiça de São Paulo extingue ação contra reorganização escolar
A juíza Carmen Cristina Fernandez Teijeiro e Oliveira, da 5ª Vara da Fazenda Pública de São Paulo, extinguiu, na última terça-feira (26), a ação civil pública proposta pelo Ministério Público estadual...
View ArticleUnicamp: número de vestibulandos isentos de inscrição cresce 21,7%
O número de candidatos beneficiados com a isenção da taxa de inscrição para o vestibular da Universidade Estadual de Unicamp em 2017 cresceu 21,7% em relação ao ano passado. Serão 7.301 vestibulandos...
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Trans students to take National High-School Exam triple
The number of transsexuals and transvestites to take the National High-School Exam, known as ENEM, this year nearly tripled compared to last year. Marcello Camargo/Arquivo/Agência BrasilThe number of...
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About 7.7 million take exams this weekend
About 7.7 million people have registered for the National High-School ExamsElza Fiuza/Agência BrasilAbout 7.7 million people have registered for the National High-School Exams (Enem). The exams will be...
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Number of black youths attending high school doubles in 13 years
More than half (51%) of Brazilians aged 15 to 17 years who declared themselves black or brown were in high school in 2014,Tânia RêgoMore than half (51%) of Brazilians aged 15 to 17 years who declared...
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Students occupy over 100 schools in São Paulo state
On Monday morning (23), the São Paulo Court turned down an injunction sought by the government to expel the occupiers.Rovena Rosa/Agência BrasilThe São Paulo State Education Secretariat said Monday...
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State-run school students filling 50% of places in higher education
Overall country data shows that at federal universities, 50.6% of students come from state-run schoolsDivulgação UnBThe Ministry of Education (MEC) reported that federal state-run education...
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School cooks win award for healthy and tasty meals
Ceremony to award the winners in the competition of the Best Food Recipes for Schools. Five of them were chosen-one from each region of the country Antonio Cruz/Agência BrasilThe authors of the...
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First state-run Japanese-Portuguese bilingual school opens in Amazonas
Djalma Batista is Brazil's first elementary Portuguese-Japanese bilingual school, and can enroll 1,100 elementary school students for full-time education. Bianca Paiva/Agência BrasilThe beginning of...
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“Philosophy saved my life,” says transsexual student admitted to university
Created last year, the course achieved remarkable results already in its first year. Léo Rodrigues/Agência BrasilLast year, Raul Capistrano was the first student to walk into the classroom to take the...
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Over 12 million Brazilians use online education resources
Teachers often enjoy the role of helping students study through the combination of traditional classroom and technologyArquivo/Marcello Casal Jr/Agência BrasilOver 12 million people in Brazil use...
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Women doing doctorate abroad outpaces men
Anna Lima, biologist Tomaz Silva/Agência BrasilWomen form the majority among Brazilians with Ph.D. obtained abroad in 2014—more than 60%, according to a new survey released by the Center for Strategic...
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Police storm vocational school occupied by students in Brazil
São Paulo - Police stormed a school that has been occupied by students in a sit-in protest since Thursday Rovena Rosa/Agência BrasilMilitary police have stormed Centro Paula Souza, a vocational school...
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Education Minister says Brazilian public universities still free
Mendonça FilhoJosé Cruz/Agência Brasil“Public universities are still free. Any information to the contrary is false,” said Mendonça Filho, minister for education and culture, in a note to the press.The...
View ArticleTeachers worse paid than other degree-holding professionals in Brazil
Teachers with university diplomas in Brazil earn lower wages than professionals with similar educational qualifications working in other careers, according to a report published by Todos pela Educação...
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Women use Olympics to protest by bathing naked in downtown Rio
In defense of veganism, two women bathe naked in downtown Rio de Janeiro.Flávia Villela/Agência BrasilThe production of a steak requires as much water as 50 baths. To raise awareness about this waste,...
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Brazil to train 310 thousand literacy educators this year
The initiative is part of a recently revamped National Program for Literacy at the Right Age.Marcello CasalBrazil's Ministry of Education (MEC) announced it will invest $102.2 million in the training...
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