This paper, first, summarizes Latin American structuralism, and offers reasons why it was so influential and durable in the region. Second, it points out why structuralism was unable to keep pace with historical new facts, particularly with the industrial revolution or take-off, that made Latin...

This paper analyses the most important experiences with school accountability policy (SA) in Brazil. The analysis suggests that their impacts on the quality of education are not significant due to the fact that: (i) either it does not incorporate a system in which the school is responsible for...