Tag: education reform

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 01:59 UTC

  Chilean ruling coalition blocks in Congress report on profiteering of education institutions

  

  Chilean student leaders and opposition politicians vowed to protest last week’s ruling by the Chamber of Deputies to reject the findings of a report on the profiteering of education institutions in the country. The controversial subject matter was decided by a razor-thin margin, with 46 in favour, 45 against and one abstention.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 06:05 UTC

  Protesting Chilean students again take to the streets; minor clashes with Carabineros

  

  Dozens of Chilean high school students were detained in Santiago on Wednesday as a protest organized by the National Confederation of Secondary Students (CONES) turned ugly.

• Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 10:30 UTC

  Thousands of students take to the streets of Santiago calling for a fairer and quality education

  

  Tens of thousands of students demonstrated on the streets of Chile's capital Wednesday seeking an overhaul of what they call one of the world's priciest and most unfair educational systems.

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 06:04 UTC

  Chilean students’ leader rejoices with WSJ calling her a “red-diaper baby”

  

  Camila Vallejo, Chile’s iconic students’ federation vice-president replied in her twitter to a scathing editorial from the Wall Street Journal saying the critique was evidence that Chilean public opinion is ‘becoming conscious’ and is ‘advancing’.

• Friday, April 27th 2012 - 11:24 UTC

  Piñera announces tax reform to fund an education overhaul that threatens his government

  

  Chile's government on Thursday proposed a sweeping tax reform that raises levies on companies to help fund an education overhaul, as it seeks to quell social protests ahead of local elections seen as a litmus test for the 2013 presidential race.

• Thursday, November 24th 2011 - 15:00 UTC

  The inequality behind Chile’s prosperity

  

  By COHA guest scholar Silvia Viñas
  Foreigners on business trips usually travel from Chile’s Santiago International Airport to the city’s financial center in the El Golf neighborhood via the Costanera Norte or Vespucio Norte highways.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 17:04 UTC

  Rioting in Santiago on the first of a two-day national strike in support of students’ demands

  

  Chilean students have erected fiery blockades in major streets of the capital and clashed with police on Tuesday, first day of a two-day national strike to demand that the government reform the education system.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 08:02 UTC

  Mock referendum in Chile confirms massive support for education reform

  

  A massive turnout of voters (‘hundreds of thousands’) responded in support of a non binding plebiscite organized by the Chilean professors union in the midst of the students conflict, one of the most serious challenges faced by any Chilean government since the return of democracy in 1990.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 05:52 UTC

  Violent clashes in Santiago as students-government negotiations break down

  

  Chilean students marched in downtown Santiago Thursday, clashing with police and blocking traffic for much of the day, after negotiations with the government over education reforms broke down.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 09:29 UTC

  Piñera escalates conflict: proposes jailing those involved in occupying schools

  

  Student leaders, the opposition and several judges expressed outrage this week after Chilean President Sebastián Piñera proposed on Sunday to reform the Penal Code to impose harsher punishments on those involved in the occupation of schools and universities, newspaper La Tercera reported.