The PISA fiasco could have been corrected in time

The PISA fiasco could have been corrected in time

Errors in the execution of the PISA tests could have been corrected in time because there were up to seven warnings from the Ministry of Education. These were ignored by the coordinators of the Consell Superior d’Avaluació, who did not pass them on to the educational centers to correct the high exclusions, nor to the political leaders to redirect the situation. They never reached the desk of the consellera Esther Niubó, according to her own statement, who learned of the problem a year later. By then, the technical and political leaders were no longer working in the Department of Education.

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Train the mind as we train the body: “You don’t have to hit rock bottom to start taking care of your mind”

Train the mind as we train the body: “You don’t have to hit rock bottom to start taking care of your mind”

Emotional fitness is making its way into the debate about our mental health. This trend, which is thriving on the global wellness agenda, involves implementing new routines for our mind, comparable to physical exercise. That is, instead of treating mental illnesses and dysfunctions once they affect us, it is about preventing all those mental imbalances, a product of the life we lead.

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From saving a life in Paiporta to recovering a home: the reconstruction after DANA

From saving a life in Paiporta to recovering a home: the reconstruction after DANA

When Carlos Alberto helped his wife, Yorladis, climb the last steps of the staircase leading to the attic, the dirty water was ahead of them. With them was Carmen, an elderly woman Yorladis had been caring for for months. On the lower floors of that house, the water level exceeded two and a half meters. In a matter of minutes, the DANA flood violently breached the privacy of thousands of homes like this one.

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The Prosecutor's Office supports the partial pardon for Álvaro García Ortiz

The Prosecutor’s Office supports the partial pardon for Álvaro García Ortiz

The Prosecutor’s Office supports the partial pardon for the former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz, convicted of a crime of disclosure of documents. The report has been submitted to the Supreme Court, which must now issue its own to be delivered to the Ministry of Justice for evaluation. The deputy prosecutor of the high court argues that the conviction has led the former number 1 of the public ministry to “intense and disproportionate extrapenal consequences.”

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One day, one human week

One day, one human week

My teachers used to say that a single day in Moncloa is a human week. Imagine the first seven prime ministers of democracy: Adolfo Suárez, who was in office for 1,697 actual days (4 years, 7 months, and 23 days), equivalent to 32 and a half years of work behind him dismantling…

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