DarÍo Paya

3 articles 2016–2017

The Folly of Using Chile to Discredit DeVos

February 2, 2017 · magazine_repost, Betsy DeVos, DarÍo Paya

The opponents of Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, are animated in large part by anger at her support for school voucher programs. And in their efforts to undermine vouchers, they've gone far afield—to Chile, to be exact, where an expansive school choice system was…

An Odd Way to Discredit DeVos

January 27, 2017 · Betsy DeVos, Magazine, DarÍo Paya

The opponents of Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, are animated in large part by anger at her support for school voucher programs. And in their efforts to undermine vouchers, they've gone far afield—to Chile, to be exact, where an expansive school choice system was…

Long Lines and Empty Shelves

July 29, 2016 · Table of Contents, Magazine, Venezuela

Back when I was 8 years old, my days would usually begin with my mom telling me to go stand in line at the small neighborhood shop. The line would have been there since before dawn, long before the shop would open, if it opened at all, because they had so little to sell. This was Chile in the early…