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Correa Confronts Teachers with Performance Evaluations
We are pleased to share a column by PREAL’s Co-Director, Jeffrey Puryear. The column addresses the conflict between Ecuadoran teachers’ unions and President Rafael Correa, who disagree on the use of mandatory teacher performance evaluations to improve education quality. The column was published on June 26, 2009 in the Latin America Advisor, the daily newsletter of the Inter-American Dialogue.
Latin America Advisor | Ecuador’s Correa Confronts Teachers with Job Evaluations
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