Project Background:
Vía Educación is a non-profit organization in Mexico seeking to improve people’s quality of life by promoting sustainable social development through education. The organization believes that every person is capable of improving their opportunities in life as well as those of their communities. The organization’s main objective is to implement best practices and share knowledge related to quality education and social transformation from an interdisciplinary and systemic perspective. It has a professional team of more than 40 collaborators in seven cities of the country, committed to equal opportunities for quality education, the development of communities and families, human rights, respect for the dignity of people and confidence in their transformation potential. Since its beginnings, the organization has placed a strong focus on research and the evaluation of its programs. This year, the Monitoring, Learning & Evaluation team is transitioning and expanding into a laboratory of social innovation. Among other things, the lab will focus on designing innovations and generating evidence to inform and address social and educational challenges.
Opportunity:
Vía Educación seeks to collaborate with the DAT Team in carrying out a comparative study of the educational context and indicators in the two Mexican states of Nuevo León and Yucatán. Some of the questions to explore are: (1) What are the challenges that the education systems in these states are facing/will face because of the school closures to prevent the spread of COVID-19? and (2) What are some actions and innovations that may help overcome these challenges? Thus, Vía Educación would like the DAT team to contribute to these by providing initial inputs to deepen the understanding of the context in such states and to have a basis to design innovations that respond to their educational needs.
Definition of Success:
Working with the Notre Dame DAT, Vía hopes to be inspired to design and implement new responses to the educational opportunities of the five targeted states by having a first analysis of each state and some initial ideas of forward-thinking practices worth exploring.
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