Chile struggles to make public education a competitive choice

In Chile this year, public education teachers went on strike for more than 40 days, demanding payment on a performance bonus for 2007 and 2008.  When teachers returned to classes, public high school students shut down schools for two weeks, demanding public education be managed by the central government and not municipal administrations.

As FSRN´s Jorge Garreton reports, parents are caught in a squeeze when seeking educational options for their children.