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Elacqua, Gregory; Alves, Fatima – Education Next, 2014
Two themes connect Brazil and Chile: one is economic success; the other is social unrest. Protests rocked cities across Brazil in June 2013, and in Chile, recent student protests turned violent. Yet living conditions in both nations are better now than they've ever been. Successful economic and social reforms over the last two decades have led to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Public Opinion, Middle Class
Madland, David; Bunker, Nick – Center for American Progress, 2011
Education is key to America's economic success as technological change and global competition increase exponentially. Unfortunately, where once the nation was atop the world academically, today American students rank in the middle of the pack. Not surprisingly, business leaders and the American public are concerned about the quality of American…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Economic Development, Socioeconomic Status, Middle Class