Rewriting the Future: Cooperative for Education's Quest to Transform How a Nation Learns

By: Martha H. Peak

Imagine you are a seven-year-old attending your local community school. If you live in rural Guatemala, your parents are likely illiterate, subsistence farmers who dropped out of school before the sixth grade. Quite possibly, you have never come in contact with a book, either at home or in school. Further, your teachers probably received little more than a high school education, and lack the training and resources they need to make a meaningful difference in your life. Without adequate reading skills, you will enter adult life unprepared to deal with its complexities, such as understanding a bank statement, a voting ballot, or a newspaper. You will remain a target of exploitation and injustice, and the cycle of poverty and inequality will continue for you and your children. Cooperative for Education (CoEd) is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty in Guatemala by providing educational resources and opportunities to underprivileged schoolchildren. Since CoEd's founding in 1996, it has brought educational opportunities through books, computers, training, scholarships, and libraries to approximately 100,000 young people, particularly those living in poor, indigenous Mayan areas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441563458
• ISBN13: 9781441563453
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation LLC