Analysis

Afro-Colombian Woman

CMWG: Members of Congress Discuss Challenges Facing Afro-Colombians

The Inter-American Dialogue’s Congressional Members Working Group met on September 17, 2008 to discuss the challenges facing Afro-Colombians. The discussion focused on the main challenges that Afro-Colombians face and how these could be addressed.

Megan Fletcher, Carolina Pozo

Event Summaries ˙

Prevención Temprana de la Agresión

PREAL, a través de su Programa de Prevención de la Violencia en las Escuelas, auspiciado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), apoyó entre 2004 y 2005 seis proyectos orientados a consolidar experiencias prometedoras en este campo y a estudiar sus características y potencialidades, de manera de aprender de ellas…

Reports ˙

Brigadas Educativas

PREAL, a través de su Programa de Prevención de la Violencia en las Escuelas, auspiciado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, apoyó entre 2004 y 2005 seis proyectos orientados a consolidar experiencias prometedoras en este campo y a estudiar sus características y potencialidades, de manera de aprender de ellas y…

Reports ˙

There is progress, but challenges remain

In the past five years the country has showed progress in education. More children and youth are enrolled, dropout and repetition rates have decrease, teacher trainings have improved and there is a new system for entering and moving up the career ladder based on performance. In addition, resources for this…

Reports ˙

A Review of School Participation

The purpose of this document is to give a review of the policies, programs and practices related to parental and community involvement in schools in seven Latin American countries: Bolivia , Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

María Margarita López C.

Colombia: Panorama de la profesión docente

Como parte de las actividades del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Profesionalización Docente, de PREAL, se han desarrollado seis estudios de caso sobre la profesión docente en distintos países de Latinoamérica. El presente resumen ejecutivo sintetiza el panorama de los docentes en el caso de Colombia, partiendo de una caracterización del…

Reports ˙

Alianzas público-privadas en educación en América Latina

En América Latina se han venido desarrollando nuevos tipos de organización de centros educativos que combinan financiamiento estatal con administración privada. Algunos estudios de caso al respecto son recogidos por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en su publicación “Alianzas públicoprivadas en educación: innovaciones en América Latina”, que incluye experiencias en…

Reports ˙

Informando el progreso educativo

PREAL dará un activo apoyo a los informes de progreso educativo regionales, nacionales y subnacionales durante el 2005. Mientras la Comisión Centroamericana para la Reforma Educativa de PREAL está afinando los términos de referencia de lo que será su tercer informe regional que se publicará a fines de año (ver…

Reports ˙

Our Children Need to Learn More and Better

During the last ten years Bolivar and Cartagena made great efforts for education. The results showed an increase in coverage, but they were indebted with quality and equity. Between 1994 and 2003 the number of enrolled students doubled. Once the crisis passed, dropout and repetition rates decreased in pre and…

Observatorio del Caribe Colombiano

Reports ˙

To Improve, an Urgent Challenge

During the last ten years education in el Valle del Cauca has progressed in some ways, but in others it has declined. Illiteracy rates have decreased, average school years have increased- in both aspects el Valle del Cauca is better thant the rest of the country-; besides, teachers have improved…

Fundación Instituto Baldo para el Desarrollo de las Organizaciones

Reports ˙

Great Progress, but Inefficient

Since 1994, Antioquia and Medellin have made valuable fforts to cover and improve quaility education. Between that year and 2002 the number of enrolled students increased by 2% per year and the major efforts were towareds preschool, secondary and middle education. Moreover, almost all children between 7 and 11 years…

Reports ˙

Quality and Coverage

During the last decadem Atlantico y Barranquilla have made efforts to ensure that all children and youth from the state receive education. Between 1993 and 2003 enrollment increased by 174 thousands students and the coverage in preschool also increased. Reprobation decreased and in 2003 it was only half compared to…

Fundación para el Desarrollo del Caribe, FUNDESARROLLO

Reports ˙

Good Progress, But There Is Still Much To Do

Caldas y Manizales made very important efforts for education during the last decade: between 1993 and 2002 over 15 thousand quotas were created; school attendance increased in all levels; teacher training improved as well as Caldas schooling reached 6,9 years in 2001, average slightly lower than the rest of the…

Reformas curriculares: La experiencia de los 90 en Perú, Argentina, Colombia y Chile

Las reformas curriculares de fines del siglo XX en América Latina se llevaron a cabo en contextos nacionales de política educativa que se caracterizaban, y aún se caracterizan, por presentar una gama de problemáticas no resueltas, y que amenazan con seguir profundizándose si no cambian los estilos políticos de conducción…

Reports ˙