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Supporting Informed Dialogue on Second-Generation Education Reforms in Guatemala
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In collaboration with the Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL), the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Guatemala designed and implemented the project “Supporting Informed Dialogue on Second- Generation Education Policy Reforms” from 2008-2010. Through studies, workshops, discussions, consultations, and other ways of raising awareness and policy advocacy, the project addresses three central themes of education reform: teacher training, modernizing management processes, and strengthening intercultural and educational concepts.
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