Achieving Global Food Security: What Role for LAC? Margaret Myers ˙ Apr 18, 2015 ˙ Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa. It is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States at 4,160 m. However, the canyon's walls are not as vertical as those of the Grand Canyon. The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with towns founded in Spanish Colonial times and formerly inhabited by the Collaguas and the Cabanas. The local people still maintain ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces. As a principal exporter of grains, Latin America has a critical role to play in addressing global food insecurity. Read more +
Storms Ahead for Education in Latin America Ariel Fiszbein ˙ May 28, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog By Gobierno de Chile (Presidenta Bachelet decreta Estado de Excepción Constitucional de Catástrofe para Arica y Parinacota y Tarapacá) [CC BY 3.0 CL] Latin American governments will decide to advance education reforms as a way of responding to growing challenges.Read more +
Responses to the 2012 PISA Results in Latin America Alexandra Solano, Scott Odell, T'Nia Crutchfield ˙ Apr 3, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog By Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile from Santiago, Chile [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons An analysis of the trends in content of coverage of the 2012 PISA results in Latin America. What does it tell us and why should we care?Read more +
2012 PISA Results: LAC continues to lag ˙ Dec 4, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Pisa test document / Theo Müller / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.5 Key takeaways for the eight Latin American countries that participated in the 2012 PISA.Read more +
Repetition in Uruguay ˙ Apr 27, 2009 ˙ PREAL Blog Study examines grade repetition in Uruguay and who is affected.Read more +
Latin America in the PISA Exam ˙ Dec 26, 2007 ˙ PREAL Blog Column on the results of the 2007 PISA exam.Read more +