All blogs by Topic

Amtec Photos, www.amtec.us.com, (CC BY 2.0)

What are the long lasting effects of bringing technology to schools in rural areas of Latin America? Gabriel Sanchez Zinny gives us a look at how technology is changing school administrations. Read more +

BID Primeros Pasos

Get know know all about the Regional Network to Measure Childhood Development in Latin America. A joint effort to standardize measuring practices.Read more +

Brad Flickinger, http://www.schooltechnology.org, (CC BY 2.0)

What should we do to prepare the coming generations? What skills do people need to develop in order to actively participate in society and compete in the labor market? How should education be transformed, and why is technology—when used correctly—the key to this process? This blog seeks to answer these questions in a practical way, emphasizing the importance of adopting technology to transform learning.Read more +

There are many reasons why and ways in which partnerships between the public and private sectors can benefit education programs. The sheer scale of the challenge to improve the quality of education justifies the need to collaborate. Additionally, more than just working in parallel towards a common goal, the two…Read more +

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, World Bank MD and COO visits a school project in LeÛn, Nicaragua, that provides education and nutrition to students from poor areas. Robert Valls/World Bank

Whose advice should education decision-makers in Latin America—and in middle-income countries in general—be taking? In an interesting initiative, Fernando Reimers has compiled a book of letters and recommendations to ministers and decision-makers in education (Letters to a New Minister in Education: Learning to Lead Education Systems). The Dialogue’s Education program…Read more +

Presidencia RD / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The business of recruiting young Dominican baseball players is today a high value global industry, but it can also lead to a risky educational gambit for young Dominicans: leaving school to train. Read more +

Ramón wears a T-shirt bearing the logo of Allied Global, the call center where he used to work. Sarah Stanton / Inter-American Dialogue

Honduras has made significant efforts to position itself as an outsourcing hub, but do young people really have the necessary English skills to succeed?Read more +

Fundación Escuela Nueva - Volvamos a la Gente

There is wide empirical evidence that the Escuela Nueva (EN) model improves educational outcomes. Despite its proven effectiveness, the complete model has only been implemented in a few cases, and almost always for short periods of time. Why is this the case?Read more +

Latin American education systems may not be adequately preparing young people to undertake their roles as citizens.Read more +

The example of Cartagena´s Escuelas de Bancos presents one simple lesson: education planners and decision-makers need to pay more attention to community-generated solutions and non-formal education.Read more +

GPE/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

How can teacher pay policies incentivize better performance and improve learning outcomes?Read more +

¿Qué es el liderazgo educativo? José Weinstein de la Universidad Diego Portal lo explica en su nuevo libro.Read more +

In the last ten years, education in Ecuador has shown significant progress, notably in investment and coverage. However, the next decade comes with new challenges.Read more +

churl / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The Dominican Republic should focus on redirecting the resources of the Ministry of Education towards activities that promote higher levels of student learningRead more +

Crédito de la imagen: Holaciudad! / Ministros americanos / Accedido el 4 Oct. 2016

It is important to consider how long Ministers of Education last because a short term poses difficulties to implementationRead more +