Abstract

CAVIERES FERNANDEZ, Eduardo. Quality education as part of the problem. school education and inequality in Chile. Rev. Bras. Educ. [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.59, pp.1033-1051. ISSN 1413-2478.  https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-24782014000900011.

The chilean educational system is in crisis due to the inequality caused by privatization that led to segregation, with the exclusion of low-income students as a consequence. Nevertheless, there is a certain level of social consensus around the need to improve the quality of education in the country. This paper discusses critically the idea that the improvement of the education quality in schools is part of the solution to the crisis in the educational system. On the contrary, this quality is part of the problem. To develop this argument, the paper is structured around three main statements: that the quality of education is part of the privatization of schools, is part of the resulting segregation, and is part of the exclusion that harms the low-income students of the country.

Keywords : Inequality; Privatization; Quality of Education.

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