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This article studies, with a geographical focus, the degree of correspondence between the supply of technical programs in high school and the structure of local production--at the sector and subsector levels--in two large Mexican cities. The results show the gray areas of the relationship in both cities. Their economies are different, with unique specializations and subsectors, yet both believe that an important number of programs are related to production (more so in León than in Tijuana). The conclusion is that in certain subsectors, few programs exist in relation to the subsectors' importance in the local economy [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current planetary socioecological crisis and the growing urbanization of human life are interdependent phenomena that impel education to rethink its objectives and processes. The notion of "sustainability" provides a broad framework of construction for activities in teaching, research, and outreach programs. Among the proposals aimed at promoting sustainability, agroecology stands out as a set of integrating practices and theories capable of transforming the productive, sociopolitical, economic, and cultural relations of the food system. Our objective in this article is to present the contributions of urban agroecology and to analyze its connection with education. Following this purpose, we share the experience of Huerto uv, an agroecological education project developed by students and researchers at Universidad Veracruzana, in association with inhabitants of the city of Xalapa, Veracruz. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study, through the use of qualitative techniques and a survey, documents certain aspects that configure the construction of the identity of young people enrolled in secondary school in a marginalized region of Estado de México. The research recognizes the contributions of the local and regional culture in the identity-related processes of rural and urban adolescents, as well as the specific cultural expressions and crises of their stage of life. The article emphasizes the importance of students' peer relationships in their transition from family to society, and explains the professional and employment projects young people create, based on their socioeconomic conditions and scholastic trajectory. In this process, migration is one of their main ideas for the near, possible future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]