Mansoor Kapasi, UCLA
“Educational Reform in Latin America Under the Influence of Neoliberalism”

The neoliberal influence in Latin America has not spared public education. Based on standards of efficiency, neoliberal opinions consider the latin American public education system plagued with ineffective teachers and unnecessarily bloated bureaucracy, and therefore in need of decentralization and curtailment. This paper examines current trends in Latin American public education and proposes alternatives to neoliberal solutions.