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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Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia
PhD candidate en - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Vanessa is studying for a PhD in Sociology at 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 […]
Assistant Researchers
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Mauricio Saavedra Sánchez
Degree en -
Mauricio holds a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and studies the master in Political Science and Goverment from the same university. He returns to GRADE as an Assistant Researcher for the E-Tech Initiative project: where are we and how research can help learning in the developing world?
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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COVID-19 Could Reverse Two Decades of Progress: Emerging Policy Recommendations to Support Young People in Developing Countries
2021 Santiago Cueto, Alula Pankhurst, Renu Singh, Nguyen Thang
New research from the Young Lives COVID-19 phone survey in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam paints a worrying picture of how the economic and social impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and related restrictions could not only halt progress made over the last two generations, but could also reverse life chances and entrench existing inequalities for many […]
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Las pedagogías invisibles de género en escuelas multigrado rurales Análisis de prácticas pedagógicas
2020 Themis Castellanos, María José Sánchez
Este informe presenta los hallazgos del procesamiento y análisis de la información recolectada en el estudio realizado por el proyecto CREER en Cajamarca, Piura y Loreto durante el segundo semestre del año escolar 2019. El objetivo de este estudio era hacer un análisis de género de las prácticas pedagógicas de un conjunto de escuelas multigrado […]
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La educación multigrado: debates, problemas y perspectivas
2020 Liliana Miranda
En el mundo rural, el rostro de la educación peruana es la escuela multigrado. Por esta razón, el proyecto CREER tiene como objetivo mejorar los aprendizajes y las condiciones de bienestar en las escuelas rurales multigrado primarias castellanohablantes del Perú. En este marco se inscribe el presente documento, elaborado por Liliana Miranda, que busca ofrecer […]
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JournalJournal of Development Economics
The value of redistribution: Natural resources and the formation of human capital under weak institutions
2020 Jorge Aguero, Carlos Felipe Balcázar, Stanislao Maldonado, Hugo Ñopo
Researchers exploit time and spatial variation generated by the commodities boom to measure the effect of natural resources on human capital formation in Peru, a country with low governance indicators. Combining testscores from over two million students and district-level administrative data of mining taxes redistributed to localgovernments, they find sizable effects on student learning from […]
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Acceso a dispositivos y habilidades digitales de dos cohortes en el Perú
2020 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon,
The technical note on which this policy brief is based details the construction of two indicators: basic computer skills and basic internet skills. This document also explores the determinants of access and digital skills in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. However, this publication focuses on the findings for Peru.
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Equating Children’s PPVT Scores Across Survey Rounds and Age Cohorts in Peru
2015Juan Leon, Santiago Cueto,
Young Lives gathers information from children and families through household and child questionnaires as well as children’s cognitive and achievement tests. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) has been used in all survey rounds to date and with both age cohorts. This technical note presents the psychometric analysis performed (using Item Response Theory, IRT) in […]
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Juventud y desarrollo: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
2015Alan Sanchez,
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Nutrición y desarrollo: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
2015,
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Educación y aprendizaje: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
2015Santiago Cueto,
La educación ha sido destacada en el Perú e internacionalmente como un factor clave para el desarrollo personal y crecimiento económico. Si bien el Perú ha avanzado notablemente en términos de acceso y matrícula escolar, todavía tiene que vencer muchos desafíos para lograr niveles altos de aprendizaje para todos sus niños. En general, los datos […]
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Cambios en el bienestar de los hogares: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
2015Alan Sanchez,
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JournalJournal of Pension Economics and Finance
Overcoming the Saving Slump: How to Increase the Effectiveness of Financial Education and Saving Programs
2010,
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JournalInternational Journal of Educational Development
Sense of belonging and transition to high schools in Peru
2009Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Claudia Sugimaru, ,
This study describes sense of belonging among Peruvian students entering high school. Socioeconomic status had no direct effect on sense of belonging but had an indirect effect through achievement.
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JournalRevista Peruana de Investigación Educativa
Niveles de acoplamiento y desacoplamiento en la relación familia-escuela en contextos rurales: el caso de una muestra de familias de Quispicanchis, Cusco
2009Martín Benavides, , ,
La relación entre dinámicas familiares y escolaridad, distinguiendo entre la participación de los padres en actividades vinculadas a la escuela y los procesos de asignación de tiempo familiar a actividades educativas.
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La Formación de los Economistas en America Latina
2009,
The paper presents a comparative view of the training of economists in Latin America, analyzing curricula, commonly utilized textbooks, professors’ time-commitments, teaching methods, and the use of technologies and computational tools. Also, following the approach of Colander (2005), the paper presents the results of a survey of Economics students, creating a socioeconomic profile of them […]
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JournalInternational Journal of Educational Development
Educational impact of a school breakfast program in rural Peru
2008, Santiago Cueto,
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La educación básica en el Perú a inicios del siglo XXI
Consecuencias de la desnutrición en el escolar peruano2002Santiago Cueto,
Fines y estructura del sistema educativo peruano. Matrícula, cobertura, eficiencia y años de educación de la población adulta. Calidad y equidad en la educación peruana. Retos de la educación peruana.
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Currículo y aprendizajes significativos: educación cívica y psicología
Educación de adolescentes: balance y perspectivas2000Santiago Cueto,
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Education and poverty in Peru
Unequal schools, unequal chances: the Challenges to equal opportunity in the Americas2000Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui, ,
El logro de altas tasas de matrícula en el Perú en los últimos decenios puede explicarse por la capacidad que han tenido los gobiernos de contener los costos de personal y limitar los gastos en educación superior.
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Los retornos a la educación y a la experiencia en el Perú, 1985-1997
Pobreza y economía social: análisis de una encuesta (ENNIV-1997)1999,
En este artículo se documentan los cambios observados en la estructura de ingresos entre 1985 y 1997.
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Education and Learning en la categoría Policy brief
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Desayuno escolar y rendimiento: a propósito del programa de desayunos escolares de FONCODES en el Perú
1996, Santiago Cueto,
Este libro presenta al lector interesado en el desarrollo de programas sociales y en temas educacionales los resultados de dos estudios que evaluaron el impacto del Programa de Desayunos Escolares (PDE).
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Indicadores de ciencia y tecnología en América Latina: 1970-1990
1991Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui, Maximo Torero,
Abreviario estadístico de 11 países de América Latina. Incluye indicadores de desarrollo económico y social para evaluar su situación, progreso e impacto de sus actividades científicas y tecnológicas.
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Imaginemos un Perú mejor
1989
Artículos periodísticos escritos por el autor entre 1985 y 1988 para promover la diseminación de un enfoque de largo plazo en el pensamiento de quienes diseñan o ejecutan políticas de desarrollo.
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Excelencia científica en la periferia: actividades científicas e investigación biomédica en el Perú 1890-1950
1989
La actividad científica en el Perú entre 1890 y 1950. Según Cueto, el trabajo científico en nuestro país tiene sus propias reglas no como síntomas de atraso o modernidad sino como parte de su propia cultura.
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Conocimiento y desarrollo: ensayos sobre ciencia y tecnología
1988
Este libro reúne ocho ensayos sobre el tema de la ciencia y tecnología en el desarrollo, escritos durante la década de los ochenta referidos a América Latina en conjunto, y ensayos sobre el Perú.
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Education and Learning en la categoría Mimeo
Projects
- Participation in the evaluation of the PROPONE project on institutionalizing equity processes in educationJune 2008 - January 2009
- Más allá del trabajo y la escuela: el uso del tiempo y el desarrollo del niñoNovember 2007 - October 2008
- Estudio piloto sobre efectos de la escolaridadSeptember 2006
- Monitoreo del gasto público social orientado a la infancia: análisis del programa JUNTOS y de la oferta asociada a las condicionalidades del programaJuly 2007
- Taller internacional sobre investigación en educación y calidad en países enJuly 2007
- Evaluación de Impacto del Programa AprenDes – 2007June 2007
- Fortalecimiento de la gestión educativa local, en el marco de la municipalización de la educaciónJune 2007
- Diagnóstico y elaboración de indicadores educativos en La GranjaMay 2007
- Elaboración de un diagnóstico y diseño de sistemas administrativos de control de asistencia docente en el aulaMay 2007
- Administration of the Education and Research FundSeptember 2006
News
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Alan Sánchez shares the main quantitative findings of Niños del Milenio/Young Lives Peru
July 24, 2018 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
We share a Southern Voice article by our senior researcher, Alan Sánchez, on the main quantitative findings of Niños del Milenio/Young Lives Peru. After tracking 2,750 children for 15 years in Peru, unique evidence about the role of social programs, differences in nutritional and educational trajectories, and skills formation, has been collected.
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GRADE and IDB held the launch of the book “Profession: Teacher in Latin America”
July 13, 2018 Education and learning
GRADE and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) held the launch of the IDB new book “Profession: Teacher in Latin America: Why was teacher prestige lost and how to recover it?”. The book analyzes the policies and good practices that Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru carry out to attract, train and select effective teachers. “The duty […]
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María Balarin discussed the situation of educational policies in Peru at CIUP conference
July 9, 2018 Education and learning
Our senior researcher, María Balarin, joined the conference “The challenges of development in Peru”, held by the Research Center of the Universidad del Pacífico on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10, July. María discussed the situation of educational policies in the country. You can watch the video of her speech, with a click on the following image:
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GRADE’s new Research Paper addresses the private educational market in Peru
July 8, 2018 Education and learning
Towards a comprehensive understanding of the functioning of the private educational market, GRADE releases its new Research Paper, “Private market, public consequences. Private provision services in Peru”, by María Balarin, Jostin Kitmang, Hugo Ñopo and María Fernanda Rodríguez. Through a mixed methodology, the study analyzes the recent trajectory of the educational market and its regulation […]
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María Balarin has been appointed as visiting fellow at University of Bath Institute for Policy Research
July 6, 2018 Education and learning
We congratulate our senior researcher, María Balarin, as she will spend three months researching as a visiting fellow at University of Bath Institute for Policy Research.
Events
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María Balarin is a speaker at a PUCP School of CCSS roundtable on education in the Bicentennial
24/09/2020 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Evento virtual Education and learning
María Balarin, senior researcher at GRADE, is one of the speakers of “Education in the bicentennial: agendas of equal opportunities and the quality of education”, fourth table of the cycle of the School of Social Sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), The Republic as a promise: the aspirations of the new generations. This series of […]
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Santiago Cueto was a speaker in CNE virtual dialogue on the challenge of full citizenship in the PEN to 2036
02/09/2020 4:00 pm Evento virtual Education and learning
The National Education Council (CNE) addressed the challenge of full citizenship in the National Educational Project to 2036, in order to discuss the purpose “Citizen life”, focused on a Peruvian education that contributes to free and fair coexistence in a Rule of law. Santiago Cueto, executive director at GRADE, general coordinator of the Project Growing with […]
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GRADE researchers join the presentation of the results of the SPSD pilot project “Valuing diversity in schools”
10/12/2019 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Education and learning
The Peruvian Society for Down Syndrome presents the results of its pilot project, “Valuing diversity in school”. The project aimed to strengthen the capacities of the different actors of the educational community in relation to their policies, practices and inclusive culture. The active participation of managers, support staff, teachers, students and families of two public […]
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2030 Agenda: Promoting Global South research within international debates
26/11/2019 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Live stream Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation
On Tuesday, November 26, the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) and Southern Voice will discuss the challenges and opportunities to strengthen the participation of public policy experts and researchers from the Global South in international development debates. Southern Voice is a network of more than 50 think tanks from countries in Africa, Latin […]
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Santiago Cueto was a panelist at the 7th DRELM International Pedagogical Congress “In citizen schools, Lima learns”
15/11/2019 Auditorio de la IE Alfonso Ugarte Education and learning
“We need an education for Peru, which forms citizenship thinking about its big problems.” Santiago Cueto, Executive Director at GRADE, was a panelist at the VII International Pedagogical Congress “In citizen schools, Lima learns”, organized from November 14 to 16 by the Regional Bureau for Education of Metropolitan Lima (DRELM). Panel video:
- 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