Analysis

Setting the Stage for Improved Learning

Despite the importance of teachers in the learning process, systems for recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting teachers remain deficient.

Federico Sucre, Ariel Fiszbein

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Decentralization for Educational Quality

The education law and the various decennial and operation plans of education have specifically presented a policy of education participation, where the community, families and organizations non-governmental are stimulated to integrate in the development of education programs and projects.

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Will the New US Aid Plan for Central America Be Successful?

Will Central American governments spend the money effectively? Do the countries in the isthmus have a good plan to fight the drug cartels?

Francisco Altschul, Francisco Villagrán de León, Kevin Casas-Zamora, James M. Meyer

Decentralization for Quality Education

Since its creation in 1995, the Program for Education Reform Promotion in Latin America and the Caribbean (Programa de Promoción de la Reforma Educativa en América Latina y el Caribe (PREAL)  has proposed to contribute to the improvement of quality and equity in education through the enhancement of education policies,…

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Quality School Management Model in the Dominican Republic

In collaboration with the Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL) a consortium of organizations including the Center for Research in Education and Human Development (CIEDHUMANO) of the Pontifical Catholic University (PUCMM), the Faculty for Latin American Social Sciences (FLACSO-DR), and Action for Basic Education (EDUCA) developed an initiative…

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Opciones educativas para la niñez trabajadora: República Dominicana

Entre el año 2000 y 2005 se han hecho diversos esfuerzos por conocer y dimensionar el problema del trabajo infantil en República Dominicana, entre los que se encuentra la Encuesta Nacional del Trabajo Infantil (ENTI) del año 2000, la Encuesta de Fuerza de Trabajo (ENFT) realizada en 2004 por el Banco Central de la República Dominicana y…

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Report Card on Education

The need to achieve significant improvements in education has been a matter of concern for the Dominican society along the last two decades. This interest grew with the implementation of the Ten-Year Education Plan in the early 90s, a joint initiative with civil societies, the government and international organizations against…

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Boletin 4: Formación en valores y habilidades para la vida: estrategias amplias para prevenir la violencia

Los programas escolares orientados al desarrollo de valores y de habilidades psicosociales han demostrado en algunas experiencias que pueden ser herramientas útiles para abordar problemas de violencia y otras situaciones que generan conflictos. Estos programas suelen caracterizarse por su enfoque amplio respecto a los factores que producen o disminuyen las incidencias de violencia, por contemplar estrategias en varios niveles (trabajo…

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