School Improvement

Empowering parents to improve rural schooling in Mexico

Description

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This program provides grants of $600 for uniforms, textbooks, and small school improvements in areas where the needs of the community exceed the resources provided by the government.

Project team

Manuel Felix - Investing in Education
Lucero Bolanos - Ministry of Education
Harry Patrinos - Researcher, World Bank
Paul Gertler - Researcher, University of California at Berkeley

Project contact: Manuel Felix
(email project contact)

Activities

Our program is implemented in 125 schools through direct collaboration with parent's associations.

Investing in Education supports parents’ associations in order to promote their participation in school management and ultimately to improve the quality of education their children receive.

Evaluation

Two researchers, Paul Gertler, of the University of California at Berkeley, and Harry Patrinos, of the World Bank, will evaluate the effectiveness of the project.

Long-term impact

Investing in Education seeks to expand the 125 AGEs project in collaboration with local communities and the Ministry of Education, so that parents’ associations and children across Mexico benefit from a better quality of education.