Alejandro Alvarez

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Alejandro Alvarez

PHILADELPHIA -- Awilda Balbuena graduated from high school unable to read proficiently. She was rejected from every law school she applied to. Now, she's one of Philadelphia's best school leaders, the recipient of a 2025 Lindback Award for Distinguished Principal Leadership.

1 week ago | ciudadano.news | Alejandro Alvarez

Punto clave Los ejemplos en que cuatro regiones, provincias, estados o departamentos confluyan en un mismo punto son escasos en el planeta. La Argentina es uno de los pocos países que cuentan con dicha particularidad. Los fanáticos de la historia o geografía suelen encontrar lugares exóticos, extraños y poco usuales, donde disfrutan tanto o más que aquellos que compran un paquete turísticocon todas las comodidades listas.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Alejandro Alvarez

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli's fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in workbooks. With their heads bowed, the students carefully followed instructions from Durelli to write the lowercase letters. They traced a word already printed in the workbook and then tried writing it freehand in their own penmanship. "Take your time," Durelli instructed.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Alejandro Alvarez

PHILADELPHIA -- Homebuyers in California are shelling out over $100,000 more as a down payment than the typical Philadelphia buyer pays for their whole home. December's median down payment in the San Jose, California, area was $386,000, or 25% of the purchase price, according to a Redfin analysis of county data for 40 of the country's most populous metropolitan areas.

4 weeks ago | djournal.com | Alejandro Alvarez

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