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?
El movimiento de estándares en educación se inscribe en un contexto internacional de reformas educativas centradas en la calidad y la equidad en el acceso de todos los estudiantes al conocimiento formal –y socialmente relevante– a través de la educación escolar. Este movimiento contrasta con acciones de reforma anteriores que pusieron mayor énfasis en garantizar el acceso universal a la escolaridad y en proveer diferentes insumos materiales y recursos profesionales, de manera relativamente intuitiva, para el logro de metas educacionales no del todo bien definidas.
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…