ARTICLES

Why the People are Revolting: Chile in the Age of Discontent
Robert Funk, University of Miami | July 25, 2012

The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
Chetty, Friedman and Rockoff, Harvard University | 2012

First-Year Principals in Urban School Districts: How Actions and Working Conditions Relate to Outcomes
Burkhauser, Gates, Hamilton and Schuyler Ikemoto, RAND | 2012

La crítica de la crítica, para mejorar

David Calderón, El Financiero | March 7, 2012

Datos y afirmaciones en ¡De Panzazo!

Mexicanos Primero | February 24, 2012 

In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores
Matt Richtel, The New York Times | September 3, 2011

How to Fix Our Math Education
Sol Garfunkel and David Mumford, The New York Times | August 24, 2011

Better Lives for Mexicans Cut Allure of Going North
Damien Cave, The New York Times | July 6, 2011

Education is Fundamental to Development and Growth
Elizabeth M. King, The World Bank | January 2011

Argentina needs to face education debacle | Spanish
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald | Dec 16th 2010

No longer bottom of the class
Education in Brazil, The Economist | Dec 9th 2010

Blackboard battle: An ambitious attempt to get incentives right in the classroom
Education in Chile, The Economist | Dec 9th 2010

¿Qué pasa con la calidad de la educación en México? Diagnóstico y propuestas desde la sociedad civil
Coalición Ciudadana por la Educación | Fall 2010

Pathways for Change
Fernando Reimers, Americas Quarterly | Fall 2010

"Hay que volver a la tiza, el pizarrón y el libro de lectura"
Hector Brondo, La Voz | October 5, 2010

Education too important to be left in government hands
Andres Oppenheimer, The Miami Herald | October 2, 2010

Brazil's Education in Bid to be World Player
Paulo Cabral and Liz Throssell, BBC News | September 27, 2010

Evidence that PBL works
Bob Lenz, Edutopia | September 30, 2010

Ve Oppenheimer frenos educativos
Reforma |  September 23, 2010

Latin America Hopes to Lift Global Profile
Marion Lloyd, Chronicle of Higher Education |  2010

Nota zero em gestão
By Cíntia Borsato, Veja |  November 4, 2009

Momentum building on STEM education
By Laura Devaney, eSchool News |  August 14, 2009

Private Schools International
Martin R. West and Ludger Woessmann, Education Next |  February 2, 2009

School Leaders Target Salary Reform Toward Newer Teachers
Stephen Sawchuk  |  January 28, 2009

Peaks, Cliffs, and Valleys
Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky, Education Next  |  Winter 2008

Brazilian Companies Step In To Educate Future Workforce
Joshua Partlow, Washington Post |  December 9, 2008

Chile. Factores que Desafían los Buenos Resultados Educativos de Escuelas en Sectores de Pobreza
Dagmar Raczynski and Gonzalo Muñoz, PREAL

Back to school
Luanne Zurlo, Public Service Review: International Development |  Issue 10

Lesson of São Paulo Reforms: Get the Public on Your Side
Jeffrey Puryear, Inter-American Dialogue: Latin America Advisor  |  April 14, 2008

Despite Major Obstacles, São Paulo Aims High on Education
Alejandro J. Ganimian, Inter-American Dialogue  |  March 28, 2008

Um guia para ler São Paulo
Gilberto Dimenstein, Folha de S. Paulo |  January 28, 2008

Education Push Yields Little for India's Poor
Somini Sengupta, The New York Times |  January 17, 2008

Building Human Capital: Is Latin American Education Competitive?
Jeffrey Puryear and Tamara Ortega Goodspeed, Can Latin America Compete?:confronting the challenges of globalization  | 2007

Six Latin American Countries' Test Scores Near Bottom--Again
Jeffrey Puryear, Inter-American Dialogue: Latin America Advisor  |  December 17, 2007

Otro sexenio y nada: Estancan educación: Reprueba México una vez más en examen de OCDE
Sonia del Valle, El Norte |  December 5, 2007

Chileans Agree to Make Accountability Work to Improve Learning
Jeffrey Puryear, Inter-American Dialogue: Latin America Advisor  |  December 3, 2007

As Low Priority, Latin American Schools Not Very Competitive
Jeffrey Puryear, Inter-American Dialogue: Latin America Advisor  |  September 4, 2007

Falla cobertura de preescolar
Sonia del Valle, El Norte |  August 7, 2007

Latin America's Educational Challenge
Rodrigo Arboleda, The Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami  |  August 2, 2007

Peruvian Teachers' Strike Highlights Struggle for Reform
Jeffrey Puryear, Inter-American Dialogue  |  July 20, 2007

Education in Mexico: "The teacher" holds back the pupils
The Economist |  July 19, 2007

The struggle for better schools in São Paulo and New York: 4. What is to be done?
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics, O Estado de São Paulo |  July 15, 2007

'Reprueban' prepas: sólo 43% de eficiencia terminal
Mónica Archundia, El Universal |  July 7, 2007

The struggle for better schools in São Paulo and New York: 3. Order and disorder in the schools
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics, O Estado de São Paulo |  June 10, 2007

A major revolution in Brazilian education
UNESCO  |  June 4, 2007

The struggle for better schools in São Paulo and New York: 2. Teaching and Learning
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics, O Estado de São Paulo |  May 20, 2007

Education Vouchers: Free to Choose, and Learn
The Economist |  May 3, 2007

The struggle for better schools: São Paulo and New York
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics, O Estado de São Paulo |  April 29, 2007

Education in Peru: When Teacher is a Dunce
The Economist |  March 29, 2007

Brasil lança Plano de Desenvolvimento da Educação
UNESCO  |  March 15, 2007

Por una escuela inclusiva
Risolidaria |  March 2007

Los números del abandono
Risolidaria |  March 2007

What it Takes to Make a Student
Paul Tough, The New York Times Magazine |  November 26, 2006

A Survey of Mexico: Mexico's Mezzogiorno - What is needed to bridge the gaping north-south divide
The Economist |  November 18, 2007

"Chile Grows with You:" President Bachelet introduces historic early childhood policy initiative
Chilean Government  |  October 13, 2006

O Preço de Ignorância
Exame, Alexa Salomão  |  September 29, 2006

O Preço de Ignorância - English Version
Exame, Alexa Salomão  |  September 29, 2006

Early Reading Skills in Rural Peru: Children in Remote Communities Beat the Odds
World Bank Independent Evaluation Group  |  2006

Latin America’s Choice
Thomas Friedman, The New York Times  | June 21, 2006

Learning from Rural Mexican Schools about Commitment and Work
H. James McLaughlin and Lynn A. Bryan, Theory into Practice |   Autumn 2003

Education in Latin America: Cramming Them In
The Economist |  May 9, 2002

BOOKS

Education at a Glance 2009: Summary of Key Findings

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2009
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development  |  2009

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2008
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development  |  2008

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2007
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development  |  2007

Poverty Reduction and Growth: Virtuous and Vicious Circles (Chapter 9)
Guillermo E. Perry, et al., The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank  |  2006

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2006
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development  |  2006

Education Trends in Perspective: Analysis of the World Education Indicators
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development  |  2005

The Millennium Development Goals: A Latin American and Caribbean Perspective (Chapter III)
José Luis Machinea, Alicia Bárcena & Arturo León, United Nations Publications  |  2005

Private Education and Public Policy in Latin America
Laurence Wolff, Juan Carlos Navarro and Pablo Gonzalez, eds., PREAL  |  2005

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2005
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development  |  2005

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2004
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development  |  2004

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development  |  2003

The Oxfam Education Report
Kevin Watkins, Oxfam GB  |  2000

Unequal Schools, Unequal Chances: The Challenges to Equal Opportunity in the Americas
Fernando Reimers, Harvard University Press  |  2000

PAPERS

Building Human Capital: Is Latin American Education Competetive?
Jeff Puryear and Tamara Ortega Goodyear |  April 2010

A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950-2010
Robert J. Barro & Jong-Wha Lee, National Bureau of Economic Research |  April 2010

Reviving the Global Education Compact: Four Options for Global Education Funding
Desmond Bermingham, Center for Global Development  |  February 2010

The Spillover Effects of Participation in Development Projects: Evidence from Honduras and Guatemala
Daniel Altschuler, Oxford University & Javier Corrales, Amherst College |  October 2009

Poverty, Inequality and the New Left in Latin America
Nora Lustig, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |  October 2009

Social Progress in Mexico and How to Achieve It
Carlos Heredia, Center for Hemispheric Policy |  August 2009

School Reform in São Paulo and Brazil: For a more just and productive society
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics |  July 2007

The Effectiveness of Franchises and Independent Private Schools In Chile's National Voucher Program
Gregory Elacqua, Dante Contreras & Felipe Salazar |  April 2007

Addressing a Root Cause of Mexican Migration Pressures to the U.S.: The Link between Education and Immigration
Luanne D. Zurlo  |  2006

Key Economic and Social Challenges for Latin America: Perspectives from Recent Studies
David de Ferranti & Anthony J. Ody  |  2006

A Millennium Learning Goal: Measuring Real Progress in Education
Deon Filmer, Amer Hasan & Lant Pritchett, Center for Global Development  |  2006

Where is the "Education" in Conditional Cash Transfers in Education?
Fernando Reimers, Carol DeShano da Silva and Ernesto Trevino  |  2006

Doing it Wrong and Doing it Right: Education in Latin America and Asia
William Ratliff, Hoover Press  |  2003

PRESENTATIONS

How Should States Define Teacher Effectiveness?
Bryan C. Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel, Center for American Progress  |  October, 2009

Mexico Amurallado
Commentary of Denise Dresser  |  2009

Priorities and direction for educational policy
Maria Helena Guimaraes de Castro (São Paulo Ministry of Education), Inter-American Dialogue Event  |  March 21, 2008

Comments on "Priorities and direction for educational policy"
Eduardo Vélez (World Bank), Inter-American Dialogue Event  |  March 21, 2008

REPORTS

EF EPI Country Rankings: Rankings of Countries and Territories by English Proficiency

How the World's Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better
Mona Mourshed, Chinezi Chijioke and Michael Barber, McKinsey and Company  |  2010

State of Numeracy Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Gilbert Valverde and Emma Naslund-Hadley, Inter-American Development Bank  |  November 2010

Brechas: Estado de la educacion en Mexico
Mexicanos Primero  |  2010

Overcoming Inertia?  Report Card on Education in Brazil
PREAL and Lemann Foundation  |  2009

Saindo da Inercia?  Boletim da Educacao no Brasil
PREAL and Fundacao Lemann |  2009

How Much are Latin American Children Learning?
Alejandro Ganimian, PREAL  |  2009

The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009
World Economic Forum  |  2007

TIMSS 2007 International Mathematics and Science Reports
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement |  2007

Education Quality and Economic Growth
Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Wöβmann, the World Bank |  2007

Estado de la Opinión Pública: Educación
Instituto de Opinión Pública, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú  |  March 2007

How the World's Best Performing School Systems Come Out on Top
McKinsey & Co. |  2007

Raising Student Learning in Latin America: The Challenge of the 21st Century
World Bank  |  October 2007

The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008
World Economic Forum  |  2007

Accountability in Education
Institute of International Education Planning (IIEP) Paris  |  2006

From Schooling Access to Learning Outcomes: An Unfinished Agenda, An Evaluation of World Bank Support to Primary Education
World Bank Independent Evaluation Group  |  2006

Quantity without Quality: A Report Card on Education in Latin America
PREAL Advisory Board  |  2006

The Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007
World Economic Forum  |  2006

Education in Mexico
RAND  |  2005

The Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006
World Economic Forum  |  2005:

-- 4.01: Quality of the educational system
-- 4.02: Quality of public schools
-- 4.03: Quality of math and science education
-- 3.09: Availability of scientists and engineers

The State of the World’s Children 2006: Excluded and Invisible
The United Nations Children’s Fund  |  2005

The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005
World Economic Forum  |  2004

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