This book seeks to offer the most up-to-date and relevant sample of contemporary research on Latin American education, by inviting the reader to understand the complexities, heterogenetics, nightmares, dreams, crisis and promises of education in the region.

After two decades of neoliberal reforms, Latin America educational policy remains hotly contested by a number of players. Crisis and Hope studies the role of the state, political parties, international organisations and teachers in determining the course of South American education and invites us to understand the complexities, heterogenetics, nightmares, dreams, crises, and promises of education in the region. In these lively essays, readers in 'the North' get a glimpse of the innovative work of Latin American scholars whose research is usually only available in Spanish and Portuguese.

This series examines education on six continents, with a chronological history of the development of primary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. Organized alphabetically by the countries within each region, it answers questions such as: who goes to school, where they attend school, if their school system is public, private, or both, and what the curriculum looks like. Special features such as a timeline of educational development and day in the life portraits of students attending schools in that country give readers a full picture of the past, present, and future educational philosophies, conditions, and curricula. and private, of approximately 15 countries in the Latin American region, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, and Venezuela.