Teachers' Tests

Mexico's teachers union yesterday applied its entry exam for aspirants seeking a tenured position, or plaza, in one of the nation's public schools. Around 123,000 were applying for 31,000 slots, which of course means that 75 percent of those tested are out of luck. These tests continue the institutionalization of new teachers standards first laid out by the Alliance for Quality in Education, the agreement hammered out last year by Josefina Vázquez and Elba Esther Gordillo.