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Cidade Escola Aprendiz
Phone: 551138199225
E-Mail: helenasinger@aprendiz.org.br
Address: Rua Belmiro Braga, 146, São Paulo, SP, 05432-020
Contact: Helena Singer
Website: www.aprendiz.org.br
Founding Year: 1997
Ages Served: 4-21
Estimated Number of Students: 140
Funding: Private
Description:
Created in 1997 as an office of websites made by students of public and private schools for social institutes, it started to develop itself organically through the neighborhood of Vila Madalena, in São Paulo until it became a School City, uniting spaces where young people from the neighborhood can develop their various talents. It defines itself as a laboratory of community pedagogy that creates a unique living and learning experience – squares, museums, artist’s studios, shops, bookstores, offices, alleys and cafes have turned themselves into learning communities. The NGO offers educators and public managers training courses in partnership with local and federal government. The most important results have taken place in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais state) and in Nova Iguaçu (Rio de Janeiro state), where either full time education or school-neighborhood have become governmental projects.


 
 
       
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