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Book SynopsisPolitics of Education in Latin America: Reforms, Resistance and Persistence portrays complex situations of education change policies in Latin America from Argentina and Chile, the southernmost part of the continent, to Mexico, the northernmost. The analyses tour through Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Cuba to conclude with a chapter that scrutinizes why the big teacher unions reject most attempts at education reforms. In these, teachers are the target of criticism and, at the same time, the focus of the expectations for progress and better educational quality. Readers will find a variety of contentious issues such as inclusion, equity, privatization, uses of power, and dialectics between the indications of intergovernmental organizations and the rejection of their recommendations by local political actors. They will also find narratives to raise public education participation, improve the quality of life of teachers, and put local education systems to dialogue with the global world. The politics of education in Latin America is a territory that groups and institutions continue to dispute since the establishment of their education systems.
Table of ContentsForeword Robert F. Arnove Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Reforms, Resistance and Persistence Carlos Ornelas 1 The Long and Winding Road to Inclusion: Educational Policies in Argentina (2003–2015) Jason Beech 2 Recent Education Reforms in Chile: How Much of a Departure from Market and New Public Management Systems? Beatrice Ávalos and Cristián Bellei 3 The Difficult Process in Chile: Redefining the Rules of the Game for Subsidized Private Education Gonzalo Muñoz Stuardo and José Weinstein Cayuela 4 Education Reform in Brazil: Multicultural Reflections Ana Ivenicki 5 Endurance and Absences in Peru’s Reform: The Challenge of Second Order Reforms in the Core of Educational Practice María Balarin and María Fernanda Rodríguez 6 The Paradox of Power in Ecuador: Governance and Education Reform: 2007–2015 Jorge Baxter 7 From the Indicative to the Imperative: Colombia, the Most Educated in 2025? René Guevara Ramírez and Sandra Milena Téllez Rico 8 Education in El Salvador: Recent Political Economy of Education Policy D. Brent Edwards Jr. 9 Education and Teacher Education in Cuba: Revolución and perfeccionamiento Mark Ginsburg and Gilberto Garcia Batista 10 Hills and Valleys of the Mexican Reform: Politics and Contentions Carlos Ornelas 11 Teacher Unions and Educational Reforms: The 90’s in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico Aurora Loyo Postscript Carlos Ornelas
