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Obama & Latin America

For Obama it is important to overcome the US’s longstanding paternalism and instead pursue relations among equals.

Michael Shifter

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ La Tercera

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Education Reform in Chile

Chile has been rocked by powerful student protests that call for greater education quality and equity since 2011.

Federico Sucre

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Teacher Training in Chile

The Chilean education system has 180,000 teachers and is divided into preschool, elementary, middle, higher, technical and adults. This paper deals with the first four levels. The first three types of schools can be municipal (state funding), private (Private funding) or private subsidized (with mixed funding). To enroll in universities, one…

Paula Louzano, Alejandro Morduchowicz

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Education Reform in Chile

The government has taken unprecedented steps to transform and improve the education system.

Cristián Cox

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La región celebra la paz en Colombia

Este acuerdo de paz fue el resultado de cuatro años de negociaciones en La Habana, que tuvieron tensiones y contratiempos. Gran parte del mérito corresponde al gobierno de Santos, que impulsó los diálogos e invirtió todo su capital político en esta iniciativa.

Michael Shifter

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ La Tercera

Bachelet’s Reform Agenda

Bachelet has started her term with an ambitious agenda that includes tax, education, and constitutional reforms.

Celeste Castillejo

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A Very Full Year of Elections

In the year-long period from November 2013 to November 2014, presidential elections will occur in nine Latin American countries.

Peter Hakim

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Infolatam

Learning Standards in Chile

This document describes the main technical and political decision-making process for the development of  learning standards, carried out between 2002 and 2010 by the Chilean Ministry of Education. In this period, the Ministry of Education gradually developed content standards in the form of learning progress maps and performance standards such…

Jacqueline Gysling, Lorena Meckes

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What’s Next for Chile?

The mobilization of 70,000 students in the streets of Chile is more than just a protest for free higher education.

Alexandra Solano

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A Time for Action

Latin America inequality gap, economic integration, and infrastructure and education systems were among the issues spotlighted at the XVII Annual CAF Conference.

Mary Dempsey

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¿Qué significan los resultados de las elecciones locales para el futuro de Chile?

Candidatos conservadores ganaron docenas de alcaldías en las elecciones del 23 de octubre, triunfando sobre la coalición centro-izquierda, Nueva Mayoría, de la que Presidente Michelle Bachelet es miembro. ¿Cómo afectará la elección presidencial del próximo año los resultados de las elecciones locales, además del panorama político?

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