Over the past 15 years, Brazil has introduced a consistent program
of reforms of its education system, progressively aligning the
educational attainment of its labor force with that of other middle
income countries and introducing advanced student assessment and
monitoring systems.
This book offers a thorough and careful evaluation of
Brazil’s educational policies over the past 15 years coupled with
a suggested agenda for the decade to come. Its analysis and
recommendations are a valuable contribution to the education debate in
Brazil.
— Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former
President of Brazil
The demand for school reform has never been greater around the
world, but there is precious little experience with true improvement
and reform. This book chronicles and evaluates the remarkable change in
schooling outcomes in Brazil over the past two decades. Not everything
is perfect, as the analysis shows, but there are lessons that can fuel
future movements in both Brazil and other developing countries.
— Erik Hanushek, Professor, Stanford
University
This book is very rich in documenting both the general context of
Brazilian basic education and the details of innovations that in many
states and municipalities are leading to better school management,
stronger curricula, higher standards, and incentives for teacher
performance. It will become a required reference for anyone wishing to
understand Brazilian education or to help in its progress.
— Simon Schwartzman, President, Institute
for Studies of Labor and Society, Rio de Janeiro (IETS)
According to recent research, Brazilians are world champions in
optimism. Hence a book backed by solid quantitative analysis that
demonstrates the spectacular advances of our basic education system
over the past decade and a half is more than welcome. But Achieving
World-Class Education in Brazil also points a direct finger to the
remaining problems and offers indications on how to address them. If I
had to elect a single book on Brazilian education, this would be my
choice.
— Claudio de Moura Castro, Advisor,
Positivo Education Group
This book is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to
understand the advances in Brazilian basic education over the past 15
years and the challenges for the future. The great lesson of this book
is that Brazil has a clear path to continued progress.
— Maria Helena Guimaraes de Castro,
former São Paulo State Secretary of Education and former head of the
Brazilian National Institute for Education Studies and Research
This book is must reading for anyone—including educators
and reform advocates in the United States—who despairs that in a
big country, government-led change cannot make a difference. Read and
recover hope that change can happen.
— Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for
Global Development
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