Civil Society Organizations in Latin American Education

Regina Cortina is Professor of Education Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. Constanza Lafuente is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.

• Introduction: Challenges of Civil Society Organizations in Education, Regina Cortina and Constanza Lafuente, Teachers College, Columbia University1. "Only Quality Education Will Change Mexico": The Case of Mexicanos Primero, Regina Cortina and Constanza Lafuente, Teachers College, Columbia University2. Mexicanos Primero: The Challenges of Accounting to Parents and Teachers, Constanza Lafuente and Regina Cortina, Teachers College, Columbia University3. The Chilean Student Movement: The Collective Struggles to Transform a Market-Oriented Educational System, Cristián Bellei, Cristian Cabalin, and Víctor Orellana, Universidad de Chile4. Reaching the Marginalized: The Challenges of Scaling-Up of the Círculos de AprendizajeProgram in Colombia, Laura Vega, Fundación Escuela Nueva Volvamos a la Gente5. Refugees as Commodities: Non-Governmental Organizations in Ecuador’s EducationLandscape, Diana Rodríguez-Gómez, Universidad de Los Andes6. Promoting Early Childhood Development in the Caribbean: The Case of the Foundationfor the Development of Caribbean Children, Amlata Persaud, Teachers College, Columbia University7. NGO Diplomacies and Transnational Activism: The Case of Equipo Pueblo in Mexico, Antonio Alejo Jaime, Erasmus University of Rotterdam