Sheinbaum Has a Crucial Decision to Make on Mexico’s Education
The use of the education system for partisan goals has undermined the implementation of ambitious reforms. Will that change?
In less than two months, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum faces a pivotal decision regarding the future of the nation’s public education system. In April, she is expected to unveil a five-year national development plan outlining her education initiatives and priorities, among other issues. The announcement will clarify whether she intends to continue the shift initiated in 2019 by her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, thereby abandoning decades of equity-focused policies. Her decision will have deep consequences for the education sector in a country that has long lagged...
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