How Should the Quality of Education Be Rewarded?

Schools themselves should reveal the quality standard they deliver and be subsidized in accordance with those standards.

Abstract

One of the main points of conflict in the education debate has to do with its long-sought quality. Simplifying matters, and setting aside the inequity problems of Chile's current education system, some argue that an education model with state-subsidized private participation does not guarantee quality and would, on the contrary, only favor business profit, while the government, for its part, clings to a system of private participation on the premise that neither the central government nor the municipalities are capable of guaranteeing quality either. Continue reading...