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Building Quality Education: a Pact with the Future of Latin America Education Are Critical to Achieve Equitable Development in Latin America Educational progress in Latin America has been slow in the past few years. While enrollment rates and investment in education have grown in practically every country in the region, learning gaps are still very pronounced and represent a serious challenge for equitable development. This book presents the vision of the Commission for Quality Education for All about how Building Quality Education: education quality can be improved. A Pact with the Future of Latin America Convened by the Inter-American Dialogue, the Commission is chaired by former Presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico and Since its founding in 1979, Fundación Santillana has sought to collaborate Ricardo Lagos of Chile, and comprised of in the creation and dissemination of relevant information that contributes to the twelve prestigious members representing improvement of education in Latin America and Spain. Numerous partnerships Building Quality different countries and perspectives. with important international, private and non-profit organizations, universities, Building Quality Education: A Pact with experts and researchers, have promoted our vocation to disseminate relevant work the Future of Latin America seeks to draw and have allowed us to collaborate in the creation of educational knowledge. Education: A Pact attention to the issue of low education In the words of the Inter-American Dialogue’s President, this rigorous and quality in the region and proposes a well-documented report seeks to propose an agenda that has the objective to with the Future transformative agenda, identifying priority change and improve education, and that spurs the interest and commitment of areas that need reforms and innovations. all relevant actors; Fundación Santillana shares this objective and commitment. of Latin America This document calls on citizens and governments to commit to the agenda through the creation of true social pacts for Commission for Quality educational change. This social mobilization Education for All and regional commitment to high-quality Building Quality Education: A Pact with the Future of Latin America education are critical to achieve equitable development in Latin America. With support from: 201625_Inter-Amer Dialogue_text.indd 2 1/23/17 5:55 PM Building Quality Education: A Pact with the Future of Latin America Commission for Quality Education for All 201625_Inter-Amer Dialogue_text.indd 3 1/23/17 5:55 PM Commission for Quality Education for All Anónimo Construyendo una educación de calidad : un pacto con el futuro de América Latina / Anónimo. - 1a edición especial - Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires : Santillana, 2016. 224 p. ; 24 x 15 cm. Edition for the Inter-American Dialogue ISBN 978-950-46-5025-6 1. Calidad de la Educación. 2. Política Educacional. I. Título. CDD 379 ISBN: 978-950-46-5025-6 © 2016 Fundación Santillana Av. Leandro N. Alem 720 (C1001AAP) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires República Argentina Ariel Fiszbein Queda hecho el depósito que marca la ley 11.723 Executive Director of the Commission Impreso en Argentina. Printed in Argentina Argentina 201625_Inter-Amer Dialogue_text.indd 4 1/23/17 5:55 PM Commission for Quality Education for All Ricardo Lagos Ernesto Zedillo Former President Former President Chile Mexico Epsy Campbell Barr Salvador Paiz Member, Legislative Assembly President, Funsepa Costa Rica Guatemala Claudia Costin Viviane Senna Senior Director of Education, President, World Bank Instituto Ayrton Senna Brazil Brazil George Gray Molina Emiliana Vegas Chief Economist for Chief of the Education Division, Latin America, UNDP Inter-American Development Bank Bolivia Venezuela Sergio Fajardo Elena Viyella de Paliza Former Governor, Antioquia President, EDUCA Colombia Dominican Republic Claudio X. González Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos President, Mexicanos Primero President, Grupo Apoyo Mexico Peru Gerardo della Paolera José Weinstein Executive Director, Director CEDLE, Fundación Bunge y Born Universidad Diego Portales Argentina Chile Ariel Fiszbein Executive Director of the Commission Argentina 201625_Inter-Amer Dialogue_text.indd 5 1/23/17 5:55 PM 201625_Inter-Amer Dialogue_text.indd 6 1/23/17 5:55 PM Preface The Commission for Quality Education for All is an inno- vative, high-caliber initiative of the Inter-American Dialogue, created to support profound educational change in Latin America by mobilizing the public and private sectors, the me- dia, and civil society. Chaired by former Presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico and Ricardo Lagos of Chile, and com- prising 12 Latin American leaders, the Commission began its work during the Inter-American Dialogue’s Sol Linowitz Forum in November 2014. For more than two decades the Dialogue has stressed the importance of education for the region’s development and has made significant contributions in the field. The Commission represents the continuation of those efforts. The Commission’s purpose is to raise the profile of the is- sue of poor quality education in Latin America, and propose an agenda for educational change that inspires the interest and commitment of all stakeholders. In addition to raising awareness, the Commission strives to forge alliances between sectors, identify the progress made in recent years, and make a series of practical recommendations that serve as a starting point for the educational transformation that the region so much needs. This report has three parts. First, it presents an overview of the current state of education in Latin America. Second, it analyzes six priority areas for improving education quality. And third, it proposes the creation of a social pact that will bring about a profound and lasting change in the region’s education systems. This endeavor is a product of the Dia- logue’s Education Program, which aims to improve education 7 201625_Inter-Amer Dialogue_text.indd 7 1/23/17 5:55 PM quality and foster skills development throughout Latin America. I would like to express our thanks to the Commission’s co-chairs, Ernesto Zedillo and Ricardo Lagos, for their leader- ship, as well as to the 12 members of the Commission for their commitment and support. I would also like to recog- nize the invaluable role of Ariel Fiszbein (director of the Dia- logue’s Education Program), who conceived the idea and provided the project’s intellectual leadership and direction. Federico Sucre and Belén Cumsille (associates of the Dia- logue’s Education Program) were an integral part of the draft- ing team and made valuable contributions to the report. I also want to express our gratitude for the support of Fun- dación Santillana, Laureate International Universities, and Grupo Pantaleón S.A. Michael Shifter, President Inter-American Dialogue August 2016 8 201625_Inter-Amer Dialogue_text.indd 8 1/23/17 5:55 PM Foreword Development with equity and in democracy requires that each and every Latin American child receive a quality educa- tion. Latin America has made significant progress in expand- ing the coverage of its education systems, allocating a growing share of public spending to make that possible. Despite the substantial efforts made, however, learning deficits remain alarming. The results of national and international tests dem- onstrate that Latin America is lagging, not only relative to the rest of the world but also relative to our own standards. In an age of increasing globalization and accelerated technological change, educational gaps pose a vital challenge to the region’s economies and societies. Our countries are at a crossroads. Without a substantial and sustained improvement in the quality of education, the huge efforts made to increase enrollment will not bear the de- sired fruit. The region’s economic, social and political future depends on our societies and governments moving forward with an ambitious agenda on educational quality. Improving the quality of education makes the difference between stagna- tion and development. In this report we propose reforms in six areas that we judge to be crucial for transforming the region’s education systems. (1) early education, (2) teaching excellence, (3) learning as- sessment, (4) new technologies, (5) the relevance of educa- tion, and (6) sustainable financing. In each of these areas we examine where Latin America is now and, on the basis of the best international evidence available, we discuss what can be done to ensure that the countries of the region reach their educational potential. 9 201625_Inter-Amer Dialogue_text.indd 9 1/23/17 5:55 PM The report proposes a series of reforms that are not simple. To bear fruit, they require human and financial resources, political commitment, and persistence over time. Change should offer room to experiment, evaluate and adapt in line with each country’s needs. Change also requires a high degree of consensus and social participation, including the involve- ment of educators, students and parents. To that end we propose the creation of social pacts for quality education that make clear the aims of the reforms, set targets and resources, and establish a mutual responsibility mechanism. The idea is to promote long-term strategies that transcend changes in government, establishing mechanisms to ensure that the agreements translate into concrete actions and offer the time needed to achieve the desired results. We are pleased to have worked with such a diverse and extensive group of Latin American leaders from different sectors, to whom we offer our gratitude for their generous collaboration. Most particularly we want to express our ap- preciation to Ariel Fiszbein, the driving force behind this report and also its director and main author, for his superb and dedicated work. Whereas in the twentieth century the challenge was to ex- pand the coverage of education systems, today the challenge is to provide a quality education for all. This is the only way in which we will be able to foster the development of the whole region with equity and in democracy. This report is our modest contribution to the crucial debate on the future of education in the region. We reaffirm our commitment, and that of the Inter-American Dialogue, to educational reforms that strive for better quality.
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