International research shows that mixed-provision models, such as that of Catalonia, tend to increase inequality and school segregation, and require effective regulation to reduce or compensate for them.
María Segurola
A graduate in Journalism from Ceu San Pablo University, María Segurola also completed a master's degree in Public and Social Policies (Johns Hopkins University and Pompeu Fabra University-UPF). She has experience as a journalist in news media and in the corporate communication world. Her career has unfolded mainly at Fundació Bofill, where she has focused her activity on policies against segregation in the municipal sphere and she is currently in charge of the DeSegregAcció project.
She has specialised in such aspects as data analysis, monitoring of public policies, and design of advocacy strategies. She is the author of guides and reports on balanced schooling policies, and she has participated as a speaker in various commissions and training programmes in this field.
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The Yearbook Education Challenges in Catalonia is presented as an instrument for the prioritisation and mobilisation of the political agenda. It sets out challenges and priority policies, identifies levers for change and puts forward specific transformation measures.
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The Fundació Bofill has developed Vota Educació, an initiative to give the main challenges of equality a prominent position in the Catalan elections. We want and believe that these elections should be about education, and that the next legislature should be one of education.
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Within the European context, levels of school segregation in Catalonia have been very high for many years, with no signs of improvement. These high levels lead to a low overall educational attainment and a high degree of inequality. The DeSegregAction project monitors levels of school segregation and promotes actions to deploy effective desegregation measures.
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Why open up education? Against educational inequalities. Due to the coronavirus crisis this year, children and young people may be out of school for six months. If we add the summer break to the final term of the 19/20 school year, which was online learning, children and young people are unlikely to set foot in the classroom until next year.
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