Education and Learning
In the past several years, there have been improvements in Peruvian education. For example, enrollment rates have increased, and there is an observable trend toward improvement in standardized test scores. However, there is still much to be done in terms of the quality, equality, and relevance of education in Peru.
Therefore, all GRADE studies focus on identifying the existing challenges for the Peruvian educational system in achieving its intended impact on society. In these studies, GRADE researchers place significant emphasis on educational inequality. As such, our researchers have conducted studies on the effects of poverty, living in rural areas, race and ethnicity (with a focus on indigenous peoples and the Afro-Peruvian community), and disability on educational opportunities and success. GRADE researchers have likewise incorporated a gender component into many studies.
Informed by these studies as well as others, GRADE researchers have been directly involved in policy debates in numerous sectors of government, including those of the Ministry of Education and other institutions working on topics in education.
Senior Researchers
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Lorena Alcázar Valdivia
PhD en Economics - Washington University
Lorena has a BA in Economics from the Pacific University in Peru, a Master’s Degree in Political and International Economy from the Kiel Institute of World Economics, and a PhD in Economics from Washington University. She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE). Previously, she served as Vice-President […]
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María Balarin Bonazzi
PhD en Educational Policy - University of Bath
María is a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) where she has a broad portfolio of both applied and academic research. Her applied work focuses on the analysis and qualitative evaluation of educational and social policies, with a special focus on processes of policy implementation. Her academic work has mostly focused […]
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Martín Benavides Abanto (on leave)
PhD en Sociology - Pennsylvania State University
Martín Benavides has a PhD in Sociology from Pennsylvania State University where he also attained a Master’s Degree in Education Policy. He has a degree in Sociology and a BA in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and has been a visiting student on issues of social mobility and inequality at Nuffield College […]
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Santiago Cueto Caballero
PhD en Educational Psychology - Indiana University
Santiago Cueto holds a degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a PhD in the same field from Indiana University in the United States. He has been a Visiting Researcher at the University of California at Davis and the University of Oxford. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE, […]
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Gabriela Guerrero Barnechea
PhD en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Gabriela Guerrero has a PhD in Educational Sciences from the KU Leuven in Belgium and a Master’s Degree in Development Studies with a major in Public Policy from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She is currently a […]
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Juan León Jara-Almonte
PhD en - Pennsylvania State University
Juan has a PhD in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences with mention in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE. His research interests are inequality in education, intercultural bilingual education, early […]
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Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui
M.A. en Sociology - Johns Hopkins University
Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui graduated in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She obtained her MA and concluded her doctoral studies in Sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She has worked for GRADE as a Senior Researcher since 1985 and was Executive Director of the institution between 1988 and 1998. Her […]
Associated Researchers
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Carmela Chávez Irigoyen
PhD en - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmela Chávez Irigoyen holds a PhD in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where she also obtained a Degree in Sociology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences. She has a Master’s Degree in Advanced Studies in Human Rights and a Master’s Degree in Fundamental Rights from the Carlos III University in Madrid. […]
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Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia
PhD en - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Vanessa holds a PhD in Sociology from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She has a degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her work has focused on the anthropology of education and childhood, addressing issues of educational transitions, child welfare, educational quality and power relations. During 2012, she […]
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Néstor Valdivia Vargas
PhD candidate en Sociology - El Colegio de México
Néstor Valdivia is studying for a PhD in Sociology at El Colegio de México and holds a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is currently an Associate Researcher at GRADE in the fields of poverty and equality, education, the labor market and human development. He has worked on development and […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Antonio Campos Flores
PhD candidate en - University of San Andrés, Argentina
Antonio is a PhD Candidate in Economics from the University of San Andrés in Argentina. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of San Andrés and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. He has been a coordinator of educational policy evaluations at the Ministry of […]
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Liliana Miranda Molina
Master en - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Liliana has a master’s degree in Education Research from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). She worked at the Ministry of Education (MINEDU), first as Head of MINEDU’s Quality Measurement Unit and then as Vice-Minister of Pedagogical Management. Currently, Liliana is an Adjunct […]
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María Fernanda Rodríguez García
Master en - Cambridge University
María Fernanda holds a master’s degree in Education, Globalization & International Development from Cambridge University in United Kingdom and a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She returns to GRADE as an Adjunct Researcher.
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Paola Sarmiento Huerta
Master in Arts en - University of British Columbia
Paola holds a MA on Educational Policy from University of British Columbia (UBC) and has a degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She has been part of educational reform processes in Peru such as the Public Teaching Career and the University Reform. In addition, she has been a member of the […]
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Claudia Sugimaru Arakaki
Máster en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Claudia holds a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences from KU Leuven in Belgium and a degree in Psychology with a major in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Currently, she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE.
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Jessica Tapia Soriano
Master en - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Jessica holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with an orientation on Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Currently she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and the Pedagogical Coordinator of the Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru (CREER) Project.
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Verónica Villarán Bedoya
Master en - Social Sciences with an orientation on Education
Verónica holds a Degree in Social Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with an orientation on Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Between 2011 and 2014 she worked at the Ministry of Education, first as Director of Educational Research and Documentation and […]
External Consultants
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Marcela Ponce de León
Master en - University College London
Marcela holds a Master in Policy Studies in Education from the University College London, UK and has a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She returns to GRADE as a consultant for the “Design of an evidence-based project on early childhood development in Peru for the Porticus Foundation” project lead by Gabriela […]
Research Assistants
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Gera Ríos Espinoza
Graduate en -
Gera is a graduate of Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Gera is a research assistant in the “Conecta Ideas” project.
Project Support Staff
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Mónica Lizama Egoavil
Degree en - National Agrarian University
Mónica studied Statistical and Computer Science Engineer at the National University Agrarian La Molina. Currently she is the Data Manager for Young Lives in Peru. Before joining Young Lives, Mónica worked as a statistics assistant at the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics (INEI) and the International Nutrition Institute (IIN).
External Affiliated Researchers
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David Baker
PhD en - Johns Hopkins University
David P. Baker is Professor of Education and Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on the impact of education on individuals and societies, international comparisons of school organization, academic outcomes, and educational policy. His most recent book is The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture. Palo Alto CA: Stanford University […]
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Jere R. Behrman
Ph.D. en - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Behrman is a leading international researcher in empirical microeconomics, with emphasis on developing economies. He is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center. His research interests include empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of […]
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Marjorie Chinen
PhD en - University of California
Marjorie is a Ph.D. in Education with emphasis on Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Research Methodology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has over 15 years of experience in project management, technical assistance, research and fieldwork in international development. She has led multiple projects in different areas of education, and designed and […]
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Marta Favara
PhD en - University of Essex
Marta is a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford where she is leading the quantitative research agenda of Young Lives since 2015. She is also a Research Fellow at the Oxford Martin School Programme on African Governance and an IZA Research Affiliate. Before joining Young Lives, she […]
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Sonia Laszlo
PhD en - University of Toronto
Sonia Laszlo is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Her main research areas cover many aspects of applied microeconomic analysis in economic development: rural development, access to markets, and the relationship between income, health and education in economic development. In addition to using traditional analytic tools […]
Visiting Researchers
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Claudia Galindo
PhD en - Pennsylvania State University
Claudia holds a Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University, and a post-doctoral degree in Social Organization of Schools from Johns Hopkins University. She is an Associated Professor at University of Maryland, Baltimore County where she teaches in the fields of educational inequalities, inmigration and research methodologies.
Publications
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¿Qué diferencia hacen las escuelas? Un estudio de métodos mixtos en colegios secundarios del Perú
2021 Juan Leon, Gabriela Guerrero, Santiago Cueto, Paul Glewwe
The study on which this policy document is based analyzes which factors are associated with good results of students in public secondary educational institutions (IE), despite their adverse socioeconomic condition. For this purpose, a mixed methods design is used that follows a sequential explanatory model, which allows us to explore the effect of different types […]
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What difference do schools make? A mixed methods study in secondary schools in Peru
2021 Juan Leon, Gabriela Guerrero, Santiago Cueto, Paul Glewwe
This study contributes to the scarce literature on school effectiveness in secondary education in Peru by addressing the following questions: i) which educational processes within schools are most influential in math and reading comprehension? and in the case of the most effective schools, ii) what is the importance that principals, teachers, and students place on […]
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Estratificación de los retornos a la educación superior en el Perú: el rol de la calidad de la educación y las opciones de carrera
2021 Alan Sanchez, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter
Este documento de política analiza la situación de América Latina y el Caribe con respecto a sus niveles de crecimientos en la tasa de asistencia a educación superior. En el caso del Perú, la tasa bruta de asistencia en este nivel aumentó entre el 2001 y el 2019 (para jóvenes de 17 a 21 años). […]
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Do More School Resources Increase Learning Outcomes? Evidence from an Extended School-Day Reform
2021 Jorge M. Agüero, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Alan Sanchez
Sigue siendo un debate abierto si la asignación de más recursos mejora los resultados de aprendizaje de los alumnos de las escuelas públicas de bajo rendimiento. Nos centramos en el efecto del aumento del tiempo de instrucción, que es teóricamente ambiguo debido a posibles cambios compensatorios en el esfuerzo de los estudiantes, los profesores o […]
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Estrategias de cuidado infantil en familias vulnerables peruanas: Evidencia del estudio cualitativo longitudinal Niños del Milenio.
2021 Vanessa Rojas
The document addresses what families face in situations of changes that impact and weaken their economy, the care of children is in second place, which affects their wellbeing. The voices of the children themselves identify the need for care networks beyond the family environment; the urgency of promoting public policies regarding the reconciliation of work […]
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Evaluación del diseño y proceso de implementación del modelo de Jornada Escolar Completa (JEC) para educación secundaria a nivel nacional
2016
Presenta los hallazgos de la evaluación cualitativa del diseño y la implementación de la Jornada Escolar Completa-JEC. El objetivo del estudio es proporcionar información útil, identificando cuellos de botella y espacios de mejora para incrementar la eficiencia y eficacia de la intervención. El análisis fue realizado a partir de entrevistas realizadas a funcionarios del MINEDU, […]
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Education Aspirations among Young People in Peru and their Perceptions of Barriers to Higher Education
2016Gabriela Guerrero, Claudia Sugimaru, , , Santiago Cueto,
Results from the Young Lives survey show the existence of a gap between young people’s aspirations for higher education and their actual chances of accessing this level of education. This paper uses qualitative information from Young Lives in order to gain a deeper understanding of young people’s aspirations as well as their perceptions of the […]
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Evaluación del proceso de implementación de la intervención de soporte pedagógico del Ministerio de Educación del Perú
2016
Este informe presenta los resultados de la evaluación del Proceso de implementación de la intervención de Soporte Pedagógico que el Ministerio de Educación del Perú viene desarrollando en las escuelas públicas polidocentes completas de educación primaria en áreas urbanas. La evaluación de procesos se llevó a cabo entre los meses de julio de 2015 y […]
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The dynamics of social research production, circulation and use in Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru: a comparative study
2016
The paper presents the results of a comparative study of the social research production environments of three Latin-American, low- and middle-income countries: Bolivia, Paraguay and Perú. It draws from three case studies – one of each country – based on in-depth interviews with key informants (policymakers, researchers, leaders of higher education and research institutions) conducted […]
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Transformación institucional y movilidad en la universidad peruana: el caso de las universidades gerenciales en sectores emergentes
2015
In the last 20 years, the greatest change in higher education institutions in Peru has been the emergence of the private university as a protagonist in the sector. Within the latter, the majority are low-cost business universities, for-profit universities whose promoters are the so-called new entrepreneurs of education (sometimes owners of other pre-schools, schools, technical […]
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Journal Revista de Estudios Económicos
Impacto del programa Juntos sobre nutrición temprana
2012Miguel Jaramillo, Alan Sanchez,
En este trabajo se explora el impacto del programa de transferencias condicionadas Juntos sobre el estado nutricional de niños menores de 5 años.
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JournalBritish Journal of Sociology of Education
Understanding education: a sociological perspective
2011Maria Balarin,
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JournalGlobalization, Societies and Education
Global citizenship and marginalization: contributions towards a political economy of global citizenship
2011Maria Balarin,
This paper provides a critical discussion of the literature on global citizenship education using a theorical approach that sterms form political economy theories of globalisation.
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JournalPopulation and Development Review
The Education Effect on Population Health: A Reassessment
2011Juan Leon, David Baker, ,
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JournalEarly Child Development and Care
The influence of maternal employment on children’s learning growth and the role of parental involvement
2011Juan Leon, , ,
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, this study employed a latent growth curve model to examine how parental involvement explains the association between maternal employment status and children's math and reading achievement growth from kindergarten through the third grade.
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Educación y estructura social en el Perú: un estudio acerca del acceso a la educación superior y la movilidad intergeneracional en una muestra de trabajadores urbanos
¿Es posible mejorar la educación peruana?: evidencias y posibilidades2004Martín Benavides,
Se presenta un riguroso análisis empírico de la asociación entre movilidad social y educación en el Perú. Entre las múltiples expectativas sociales respecto de la educación en el Perú (y otros países) está la de movilidad social.
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Oportunidades de aprendizaje y rendimiento en matemática de los estudiantes de tercero y cuarto grados de primaria en Lima y Ayacucho
Educación, procesos pedagógicos y equidad: cuatro Mimeos de investigación -
Labor market reforms and their impacts over formal labor demand and job market turnover: the case of Peru
Law and employment: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean2000Maximo Torero,
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Equidad y educación en América Latina: Nuevas rutas para la investigación
Etnicidad, Raza, Género y Educación en América Latina2004Santiago Cueto, ,
La forma en que el origen étnico de los niños, su raza y su género inciden en sus oportunidades educativas, las consecuencias que tiene su desigual acceso a las mismas y las razones de su bajo rendimiento escolar.
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El futuro de la evaluación en el Perú
Foro Educativo y REDUC. Congreso Internacional Reformas y Escuelas para el Nuevo Siglo2004Santiago Cueto,
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Education and Learning en la categoría Policy brief
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Una mirada a la educación en el Perú: balance de 20 años del Proyecto Principal de la UNESCO para América Latina y el Caribe 1979-1999
2001Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui,
Balance evolutivo de los programas educativos peruanos que, en las dos décadas pasadas, apuntaron hacia los objetivos del Proyecto Principal de la UNESCO para esta región, insumo para la evaluación global del PPE.
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Exclusión y oportunidad: jóvenes urbanos y su inserción en el mercado de trabajo y en el mercado de capacitación
2001,
Algunas de las características demográficas y socioeconómicas más importantes de jóvenes de ciudades en hogares pobres, su perfil educativo y de capacitación, y su inserción en el mercado de trabajo.
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Educación ciudadana, democracia y participación
1998Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui, Santiago Cueto,
Las Mimeos del seminario del mismo título realizado en 1997 en Lima a través de reflexiones que profundizan en el quehacer de intelectuales, funcionarios públicos y promotores sociales nacionales y extranjeros.
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Hacia una propuesta de educación primaria para el Perú: alternativas pedagógicas y de gestión
1997, , Santiago Cueto, , ,
El texto asume una posición conceptual en base a las necesidades y demandas de los niños entre los 6 y 12 años, para analizar el estado de la educación primaria de menores en el Perú.
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Education and Learning en la categoría Mimeo
Projects
- Impact evaluation of OLPC program in PeruJuly 2009 - March 2010
- Peruvian education progress reportJune 2009
- Study case for 2010 UNESCO Education for All reportMarch 2009 - April 2009
- Study on pedagogical practices at pre-school in urban and rural areasNovember 2008 - July 2009
- Explaining the educational effect and the risk demography: comparing school-attending and non-attending population in behaviors and decision makingOctober 2008 - September 2011
- Study on the conditions for education between rural schools in AndahuaylasOctober 2008
- Impact evaluation on the AprenDes project (2008)September 2008
- Mechanisms and incentives for educational decentralizationAugust 2008 - January 2009
- Provision of support to the Educational Quality Measurement Unit – UMC (PMA)July 2008 - October 2008
- Provision of support to the Educational Quality Measurement Unit – UMC (SCC)June 2008
News
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Why educate in Peru today?, by Santiago Cueto
August 26, 2019 Education and learning
Why educate in Peru today? Our executive director Santiago Cueto writes about how education should help us overcome the main challenges facing the country: little respect for institutions, violence, corruption, inclusion and low productivity. The article has been published by Fundación Telefónica Perú
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Southern Voice: Precariousness still affects education and employment in Peru and Bolivia
August 20, 2019 Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation
On the sidelines of the 2019 annual congress of the Peruvian Association of Economics (APE), Southern Voice hosted a panel on the precariousness of education and employment in Peru and Bolivia. Our senior researcher Lorena Alcázar, Werner Hernani, researcher at Fundación ARU and economist Hugo Ñopo discussed their findings. In this article we share key takeaways from the discussion. Precariousness […]
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A new column by Ofer Malamud, Associate Professor at Northwestern University, Santiago Cueto, Executive Director at GRADE, Julián Cristia, Lead Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, and Diether W. Beuermann, Senior Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, summarizes the experimental evidence of the impact of home internet access in child outcomes in Peru, reported in […]
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María Balarin: “La respuesta que la ley plantea es promover una mayor transparencia de parte de los proveedores de servicios educativos privados hacia los padres de familia”. Pensiones de colegios particulares en debate
March 14, 2019 Education and learning
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Start of classes. Santiago Cueto: ‘We must look for the balanced development of the people’
March 5, 2019 Education and learning
‘We must look for the balanced development of the people. If some children receive a lot of pressure from their families and they are very good in the academic field, but they fail to develop social and emotional skills, one could not call that a successful education’. Listen to the interview with our executive director, […]
Events
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María Balarin will be a panelist in the Universidad Católica de Chile session, “How to address new post-pandemic school inequalities”
29/10/2020 2:30 pm (hora Perú) Evento virtual Education and learning
As part of the webinar sessions on pandemic education and the challenges for Latin America of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and AGCID Chile, the third session “How to address new post-pandemic school inequalities” will be held. PANELISTS Denise Vaillant Director of the Doctoral Program in Education, Universidad ORT Uruguay. “Emergency remote teaching in […]
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GRADE’s CREER Project held its second virtual discussion on educational policies for rural areas beyond the pandemic
21/10/2020 6:30 pm Evento virtual Education and learning
As part of its series of virtual conversations Contributions for dialogue and action, the project Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru (CREER) organized its second dialogue “Educational policies for rural areas: thinking beyond the pandemic”. PANELISTS Nora Delgado, general director of the Ministry of Education of Peru’s DIGEIBIRA. Verónica Villarán, coordinator of well-being for the CREER […]
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Patricia Arregui will be a speaker at Fe y Alegría book launch: “Public education: everyone’s responsibility in civic education”
07/10/2020 6:30 pm Evento virtual Education and learning
This Wednesday 7th, join the virtual book launch of Fe y Alegría del Perú, “Public education: everyone’s responsibility in civic education”. Patricia Arregui, coordinator of our Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru (CREER) project and senior researcher at GRADE, will be one of the speakers, along with Flor Pablo and Eduardo Vega. LIVE BROADCAST Connect to Fe y […]
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GRADE celebrates 40 years of foundation on the sidelines of Peru’s bicentennial
01/06/2020 → 30/06/2021 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition, Urbanization and sustainable cities
When GRADE turned 35 in 2015, we researchers produced a set of research reports on key issues for the country’s development. These works, gathered in the book Research for development in Peru, sought to satisfy the demand for knowledge aimed at fostering a more informed debate on public policy in Peru. In the foreword of the publication, Javier […]
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CREER Series of Dialogues: Contributions for dialogue and action. First dialogue: Multigrade Rural School: debates from practice and research
30/09/2020 6:00 pm Evento virtual Education and learning
The Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru Project (CREER) presents the Serie of Dialogues: Contributions for the dialogue and action. The first webinar will address the “Multigrade rural school: debates from the practice and research”. SPEAKERS Limber Santos, director at the Departament of Education for the Rural Ambit of the Council of Initial and Primary Education of the National Administration of Public Education of Uruguay. Maribel […]
- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities