Chile
Chile must attract the best to the teaching profession Marcela Andrés, Latercera (December 9, 2012) *link in Spanish Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Special Advisor on Education...
View ArticleEducation reform in Chile
Is the government really putting an end to private education in Chile? A recent article in Xinhua.net (which was also picked up by Shanghai Daily) makes it seem so. On April 20th, Diane Ravitch noticed...
View ArticleThe search for a more equitable education system in Chile
Recently, I spoke with Dr. Beatrice Avalos-Bevan, Associate Researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Education, at the University of Chile, in order to follow-up on an earlier post about the...
View ArticleConsequences of privatization
In response to our recent post on Sweden, Henry Levin shared “Evaluating Consequences of Educational Privatization: Ideas and consequences of market principles in education,” a power point presentation...
View ArticleProposals for change in Chile
For the next several weeks, I will be sharing a few posts from Chile, where I have been visiting and talking with several educators and policymakers who shared their reflections on where the Chilean...
View ArticlePrivate, Subsidized Schools in Chile
Chilean private subsidized schools operate in a radically different environment from charter schools in the US. Since the imposition of the voucher-based system during the Pinochet dictatorship,...
View Article“El Plan Maestro” & Teacher Education
During my recent visit to Chile, the deep and growing interest in issues of education was obvious as photographers and journalists crowded to document what was largely an academic gathering to discuss...
View ArticleQuality Assurance in Chile (Different context, same issues?)
Chile’s education system has embraced school choice and market-based reforms like no other system in the world, but on my visit to Santiago I heard many of the same questions about what to do for...
View ArticleJosé Weinstein on systemic change in Chile
This month, the Lead the Change Series features an interview with José Weinstein, professor at Universidad Diego Portales and formerly Deputy Minister of Education and then Minister of Culture in...
View ArticleOpposition to the Carrera Docente (Teacher Career) Bill in Chile
Teachers working in municipal schools in Chile have been in a strike for over a month now. The strike called by the Colegio de Profesores (CP), the Chilean National Teachers Association, began on June...
View ArticleA Conversation about School Improvement Networks and Collaborative Inquiry in...
This week, Mauricio Pino-Yancovic and Alvaro González talk with IEN about their new book on the Chilean Ministry of Education’s recent improvement strategy relying on school networks. Written with Luis...
View ArticleA view from Chile: Victoria Parra-Moreno on school closures and the pandemic
Victoria Parra-Moreno describes what's happening in Chile during the Coronavirus school closures. Continue reading →
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