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This book synthesizes and analyzes the complex map of educational reforms in Latin America in the first two decades of the 21st century. The book offers insights into the agendas, processes and political economy of educational reforms in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
Written by renowned contributors from each country, chapters present systematic, critical and reflective accounts of an intense period of education reforms. The book fills a gap in educational research and provides a systematic study that compares the cases analyzed. The first broad, comparative collection of its kind, the book is well-suited to courses in international and comparative education policy.
List of contents
1: Introductory Study: A Comparative Analysis of Educational Reforms in Latin America; 2: From "Spray and Pray" to "Reform without Spray": The Two Stages of Education Policy in Argentina ; 3: From Structural Reforms to Controversial Changes: The Education Policy Landscape in Brazil; 4: Educational Policies in Chile: Between the State, the Market and Accountability based on Academic Achievement Tests; 5: From Political Intentions to Structural Interventions: A Review of Two Decades of Education Policy Reforms in Colombia ; 6: The Educational Policy Agenda in Mexico (2000-2020): A time of Continuities and Political Shocks; 7: The Slow Development Process of Educational Policies in Peru; 8: The Changing Spatial Dynamics of Education Policy in Latin America
About the author
Axel Rivas is Professor, Researcher and Dean of the School of Education of the Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina, Academic Director of the Center for Applied Research in Education San Andrés (CIAESA), author of multiple articles and 14 books on comparative education and education policies, and Associate Editor of the Journal Education Policy Analysis Archives.
Summary
This book synthesizes and analyzes educational reforms in Latin America in the first two decades of the 21st century. The first broad, comparative collection of its kind, the book is well-suited to courses in international and comparative education policy.
