Recovering the Past to Face the Future: Experiences in Latin America

Recent evaluations of the results of educational reforms imposed after the eighties on education all over the world, and particularly in Latin America,

place responsibility in teachers, families and communities for the bad performances of most of the countries. Our proposal is that education should be faced in

a completely different manner, that is, emphasizing the role of the family, the community, and memory as fundaments of understanding the present and future.

Our paper will be based on evidence on the present role of families and communities in basic education in Mexico and Latin America, as well as in the way History

is taught all over the region.