Education in Latin America

There is currently a war in schools in the United States. Many school districts are losing funding so they are cutting band, choir, or art. People are in raged. People in the United States have lost sight of the world around us. The United is currently seventeenth in the world for education and spends 591 billion dollars on education each year. The United States prides itself on education for all. In the United States people are pushed to go further and further in education offering scholarships and grants for college and graduate schools. The United State, like other countries, has public, privates, charter, and alternative schools but what is common in Latin America? Many Latin American countries spend less than 5,000 U.S. dollars per student on education. In the United States approximately 11,810 dollars is spent per student per year. () Due to the lack of funds in these countries, the average grades of the students are lower than other countries. Without money to keep kids in schools all day, build schools, and pay qualified faculty it is impossible to expect the average grade to be equivalent to ours. In the journal The Economist, an article duly titled “Cramming them in” was published. The article talked about the economic problems, the over crowding, and the changes they are making to the system. The author of the article wrote “Two-thirds of Latin American children now get at least some secondary education, whereas only half did in the mid-1980s.” There is progress happening and Latin American countries are trying to make sure the progress will keep going. The world is pressuring the countries to build education and innovation. Because many people are poor they cannot get good educations. The current rise in the economy i...

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... entire system has low efficiency, even among students in private elite high schools. Third, inequality and socioeconomic segmentation are overwhelming and have a decisive influence on results.” Latin American officials can see the issues and are trying to combat them. Even with the raise in education, they do not see it as good but slightly better than the past. They realize they still have a long way to go. When one country makes progress this does not mean their rank would raise. Everyone else is working to better education so even if Latin America does keep on the roads they are on, there is no promise for better ranking. The PISA asks the question “What can be done to improve the level of learning in Latin America?” They are leaving the question without answer. The PISA want to use the results for each country to make its own informed decision. (PISA ARTICLE)