How Has Youth Unemployment Affected Latin America?
Is there a direct correlation between youth unemployment and the social unrest? What accounts for such high levels of youth unemployment and what effect has it had on the region?
La reforma escolar vía estándares educacionales -- la estrategia en boga en los Estados Unidos -- está camino a una colisión con la realidad. Cuarentinueve estados y varios distritos urbanos han establecido estándares sobre lo que los estudiantes deberían saber y ser capaces de hacer en diversos puntos de su carrera escolar. La mitad de los estados responsabiliza a las escuelas y aplica sanciones a aquéllas cuyos estudiantes no logran alcanzar los estándares. Por lo menos un tercio de los estados -- que pronto serán más -- exige a los estudiantes lograr niveles determinados de puntajes en pruebas para ser promovidos y/o graduados.
Is there a direct correlation between youth unemployment and the social unrest? What accounts for such high levels of youth unemployment and what effect has it had on the region?
The globalization of markets is creating increasing pressure for educational reform in Latin America.
For a long time, poor coverage and low quality education in Latin America have been seen as some of the main causes for the slow economic growth and the unequal income distribution. Since World War II, many governments decided to hire more teachers and to build more schools; consequently, in…