What are Honduran students and their classrooms like?
Because of their lack of supplies and adequate teacher training, Honduran students are usually a few grade levels behind where US teachers expect their own students to succeed. For example, a sixth grade student in Honduras may only perform to a third or fourth grade level in the US. Honduran teachers typically lecture to their students and like many US teachers, feel the pressures of grade-level testing and therefore often teach to the test. However, it is important to remember that despite the cultural differences in education, Honduran children act and behave like our own precious students!
