How did we get from neoliberalism to the Law of Inclusion (2015) in Chilean schools?

Abstract

Neoliberalism has been present in society since the early 1900's, being strongly expanded at first in countries such as Spain, England and of course the United States, where Milton Friedman is one of its main precursors in Latin America. Its major development is reflected in the privatization of education, taking it to a profitable business through a business type administration, being favored by the incipient globalization given at the right time to facilitate its expansion during the year 1980. An intent is made to understand how neoliberalism influenced Chilean education, as well as on the other hand, the way in which the government during the last years through the Inclusion Law (2015) has installed an educational reform that not only hopes to end with the legacy of the military government, but also with the attempts to improve education within Chilean schools. This review article is qualitative in nature, it is based on some theoretical, political and economic, proposals of both national and international authors such as: Bonal, Carrasco, Pulido-Montes, Bellei, Falabella, Lázaro Lorente and of course Friedman, which in all cases have made substantial contributions of the subject, also review and analysis of official documents and laws that deliver information to be able to understand the factors that have intervened in education in Chile, such as Law 20845 of School Inclusion (2015) and shared financing report (2014) is performed.