Atelye MIT-Ayiti sou edikasyon ki san baryè e ki kore ak teknoloji Pòtoprens, Ayiti, 15-17 janvye 2015 Oganizatè: Ministè Edikasyon Nasyonal ak Fòmasyon Pwofesyonèl (MENFP) ansanm ak Inisyativ MIT-Ayiti Kowòdonatè: Michel DeGraff ak Vijay Kumar (MIT) epi Paul Mentor (MENFP, Biwo MENFP/MIT-Ayiti) PDF kalandriye atelye a Inisyativ MIT-Ayiti a ansanm ak Ministè Edikasyon Nasyonal ak [...]
MIT-Haiti Workshops on Technology-Enhanced and Open Education Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 15-17, 2015 Organizers: Haiti's Ministry of National Education and Professional Training (MENFP) and MIT-Haiti Initiative Coordinators: Michel DeGraff and Vijay Kumar (MIT) and Paul Mentor (MENFP/MIT-Haiti Bureau) PDF Workshop Schedule The MIT-Haiti Initiative and Haiti's Ministry of National Education and Professional Training (MENFP) are hosting [...]
The New York Times - The Opinion Pages By Michel DeGraff and Molly Ruggles CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — IN a classroom in Port-au-Prince, Chantou, 9, sits silently at her desk. Nervously watching the teacher, she hopes to be invisible. Like most of her 60 classmates, she understands little of the French from the lecture. But if [...]
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Prime minister and cabinet members attend leadership workshop with MIT professors. MIT Sloan School of Management August 4, 2014 Two MIT professors traveled to Haiti this summer to conduct an intensive leadership workshop with the country’s prime minister, Laurent Lamothe, and more than 50 Haitian government ministers and cabinet members. MIT Sloan professor Deborah Ancona [...]
In search of positive change: Deborah Ancona (left), Laurent Lamothe and Michel DeGraff The poverty-stricken Caribbean country of Haiti faces intense challenges. A World Bank report in 2014 states that Haiti remains the poorest country in the Americas and one of the poorest in the world. Its problems were exacerbated by the devastating earthquake in [...]
[NECN Business] It's been four years since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti. Now there's an initiative at MIT to help the people of Haiti get their economy back on track and to create business and education opportunities. Michel DeGraff and Deborah Ancona, professors at MIT, say they were inspired to help by helping the country [...]
First-of-its-Kind Program Provides Haitian Leaders with Professional Training in U.S. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MIT Sloan Executive Education, in partnership with the government of Haiti, has created a new educational initiative to provide management and leadership training to members of the Haitian cabinet for the first time. Haitian ministers and senior officials are invited to participate in [...]
Le Nouvelliste | Publié le :16 août 2013 Bertrand Mercéus merceusb@yahoo.fr Des professeurs de Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) de Boston ont mis fin, mercredi, à un atelier de formation pour 40 enseignants haïtiens, à l'hôtel Le Plazza, au Champ de Mars. Cette formation, qui a duré trois jours, du 12 au 14 août, avait [...]
An MIT-Haiti Initiative to modernize and democratize education in Haiti. Until today, quality education in Haiti has been available only to very few. This is due to brutal socio-economic impediments, including a well-entrenched language barrier: French, the primary language of instruction, is spoken by a tiny élite (no more than 10% and perhaps as low [...]
