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Transforming Education: The Lesson From Argentina, Anne P. Dupre
Transforming Education: The Lesson From Argentina, Anne P. Dupre
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article traces education reforms in Argentina from the colonial period to the present. Specifically, the Article focuses on La Ley Federal de Educacion, passed in 1993, which sought to reform primary and secondary education throughout Argentina by promoting educational equity through a just distribution of educational services and opportunity.
The Article begins with a description of the current Argentine federal republic and the relationship of the federal government and the provinces. Next, the Article describes the development of the Argentine education system.
It continues by explaining the backdrop of the adoption of Ley Federal. The Author describes the act's …