School Finance in Latin America: A Conceptual Framework and a Review of Policies

Bertoni, Eleonora; Elacqua, Gregory; Marotta, Luana; Martínez, Matias; Soares, Sammara; Santos, Humberto; Vegas, Emiliana

doi:10.18235/0001306

Cited by 5 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Regarding socioeconomic gaps in learning, it is important to note that both human and physical inputs are unequally distributed. Teachers are known to be among the most influential inputs for student success, but the assignment of teachers in Latin American and Caribbean countries is still inefficient and ineffective, reproducing socioeconomic inequalities as a result (Bertoni et al 2018). In addition, access to physical inputs such as connectivity and devices is still scarce and unequal in the region.…”

Section: Low and Unequal Learning Levels: The Critical Educationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digitalizing Public Services: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean

Cristia¹,

Vlaicu²

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up digital transformation and brought within reach the possibility of dramatic improvements in public services for millions across Latin America and the Caribbean. There is large variation in value added between different technology-based projects, and governments should leverage the available evidence to prioritize project designs that yield the greatest possible social value. This report seeks to serve as a source of inspiration, offering clear and concrete examples of easily implementable interventions in education, health, transactional services, and fiscal management with the potential to help build more inclusive and developed societies.

show abstract

Section: Low and Unequal Learning Levels: The Critical Educationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digitalizing Public Services: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean

Cristia¹,

Vlaicu²

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Municipalities seeking to form an ADE are encouraged to undertake a mapping of potential partners in the common area then develop a strategic plan formally agreed upon by all participants. In Santa Catarina, 21 municipalities have been collaborating since 2015 on initiatives such as training for teachers, school leaders and municipal secretaries, with an increasingly positive impact on IDEB results; a new municipality joined in 2021 (2021 [87]). The OECD (2020 [80]) reported that long-term financial sustainability and lack of formal federal guidelines or regulation are challenges to ADE formation and operation.…”

Section: Policy Efforts In Brazil To Move Forwardmentioning

confidence: 99%

Education Policy Outlook in Brazil

2021

OECD Education Policy Perspectives

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This policy profile on education in Brazil is part of the Education Policy Outlook series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across OECD countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectoral policy knowledge base, the series offers a comparative outlook on education policy. This country policy profile is an update of the first policy profile of Brazil (2015[1]) and provides: analysis of the educational context, strengths, challenges and policies; analysis of international trends; and insight into policies and reforms on selected topics in Brazil and other education systems. It is an opportunity to take stock of progress and where the education system stands today from the perspective of the OECD through synthetic, evidencebased and comparable analysis. This country policy profile has been prepared in two versions. Both offer an analysis of current strengths, challenges and policy priorities for Brazil, each with a respective focus on:

show abstract

“…Durante las últimas décadas, los países de Latinoamérica y del Caribe han aumentado significativamente sus gastos en educación (Bertoni et al, 2018). Los gobiernos han aumentado los salarios de los profesores para indicar la importancia de la educación, y motivar que un mayor número de estudiantes se inclinen por la profesión docente.…”

Section: Investigación Sobre Cognición Numérica En Países Latinoamericanosunclassified

“…

…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on numerical cognition in Latin American countries (Investigación sobre cognición numérica en países latinoamericanos)

Haase

Fritz

Räsänen

2020

Studies in Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Towards evidenced-guided reforms on the mathematics educationOver the last few decades, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries have increased their spending on education (Bertoni et al., 2018) significantly. Governments have raised the salaries of teachers to signal the importance of education and to attract more students to select the teaching profession. Likewise, many reforms and programmes have been introduced to improve learning, especially in disadvantaged schools and areas. The available data suggest that increased spending combined with economic and social reforms have had an impact on educational outcomes such as improvement on primary and secondary completion rates and a slowly declining number of very poor performers. There has also been modest but sustained progress in closing the learning gap with more developed countries. However, education systems in LAC countries still lag significantly behind most developed countries in terms of student performance in international assessments, which illustrates persistent learning gaps. To guarantee that this slow progress in LAC countries would continue, we need to increase the amount of multidisciplinary collaboration in school development.One crucial aspect of the development of school and education is that the reforms should be based on tested ideas and solid research. Therefore, a constant dialogue between research and practice is required. To advance this discussion, we built this particular issue by inviting top experts from seven LAC countries to present the state-of-the-art situation in their countries. We focus on the current state of research in numerical cognition and how this new knowledge has or could contribute to educational practices. Naturally, raising the research on numerical cognition into focus for developing education and educational practices is a narrow perspective when we consider all the factors connected to learning and teaching. In Figure 1, we present a simplified influence diagram to put our question dealt with in this special issue in a broader context. The figure illustrates the complex and multifactorial nature of the whole topic as a research area.

show abstract

School Finance in Latin America: A Conceptual Framework and a Review of Policies

Cited by 5 publications

References 0 publications

Digitalizing Public Services: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean

Digitalizing Public Services: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean

Education Policy Outlook in Brazil

Research on numerical cognition in Latin American countries (Investigación sobre cognición numérica en países latinoamericanos)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About