This paper analyzes gender bias in teaching in low-performing schools in Chile. To carry out the analyses, the authors used videotaped classes for fourth graders and coded 237 tapings. Results show a general (although not uniform) bias in teachers' actions that resulted in less attention to...

This paper analyzes whether teachers' attention to boys and girls differs in low-performing schools in Chile, where large gender gaps in test scores are also observed. We coded 237 videotaped classes of fourth graders, identifying specific behaviors of teachers toward boys and girls. The results...

This paper analyzes gender bias in teaching in low-performing schools in Chile. To carry out the analyses, the authors used videotaped classes for fourth graders and coded 237 tapings. Results show a general (although not uniform) bias in teachers' actions that resulted in less attention to...

This paper analyzes whether teachers’ attention to boys and girls differs in low-performing schools in Chile, where large gender gaps in test scores are also observed. We coded 237 videotaped classes of fourth graders, identifying specific behaviors of teachers toward boys and girls. The...

Mediante el análisis de información de primera mano recolectada a través de dos grandes encuestas una sobre trayectorias y habilidades conducida en Chile y Argentina en 2008 y 2010 respectivamente, y otra sobre demanda de habilidades realizada entre empresarios de Argentina, Brasil y Chile en...

Mediante el análisis de información de primera mano recolectada a través de dos grandes encuestas una sobre trayectorias y habilidades conducida en Chile y Argentina en 2008 y 2010 respectivamente, y otra sobre demanda de habilidades realizada entre empresarios de Argentina, Brasil y Chile en...

Chile presenta una de las brechas de aprendizaje más amplias entre estudiantes de altos y bajos ingresos. Enseña Chile, la primera adaptación en América Latina del exitoso modelo Teach for America, tiene por objeto eliminar la desigualdad educativa al reclutar a jóvenes profesionales...

Chilean students perform poorly in international learning assessments, and the achievement gap between income groups is large. To remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is supporting a program, Enseña Chile, that recruits top university graduates and places them for two...

¿De qué manera las escuelas pueden promover habilidades socioemocionales relevantes? El BID, con el apoyo de distinguidas instituciones académicas locales, se asoció con Enseña Chile, organización que recluta a jóvenes profesionales sobresalientes y altamente motivados para que enseñen...