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Schools are part of the REL.
Red de Escuelas Líderes
It is a pioneering community that seeks to highlight innovative pedagogical experiences developed by schools and high schools across Chile, with the aim of inspiring improvement in the education system as a whole.
Context
What does the Leading Schools Network respond to?
The Leading Schools Network (REL) is a pioneering community promoted by Fundación Minera Escondida, Fundación Educacional Arauco, Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, Fundación Chile, and El Mercurio. It seeks to highlight innovative pedagogical experiences developed by schools and high schools across Chile, with the aim of inspiring improvement in the education system as a whole.
With 17 years of experience, it is the first national network of schools in diverse and challenging contexts, and has positioned itself as a benchmark for the education system. It currently brings together 101 schools from Arica to Magallanes, which develop innovative projects that have a positive impact on students’ learning.
The educational establishments that are part of the REL share certain characteristics: they are schools, high schools, or educational institutions that work in vulnerable contexts, seek solutions to real problems in their communities, and have distributed leadership that facilitates the creation of highly collaborative projects, with the participation of parents and guardians, teachers, education assistants, neighbors, among others. They are highly willing to share their innovative projects and practices with the education system, because they are aware that collective intelligence leads to improvement.
Currently, the schools and high schools that are part of the REL develop and implement innovative experiences for teacher well-being, school coexistence, learning recovery, student re-engagement, among other actions, and are in the process of sharing experiences they have made available to society in order to inspire other communities.
Objectives
How do they contribute to improving the education system?
The Leading Schools Network seeks to make educational innovation in schools visible, connect its actors, and contribute to the system’s urgent needs through collaboration and collective learning.
It is made up of schools and high schools that develop and implement innovative experiences for teacher well-being, school coexistence, learning recovery, student re-engagement, among other actions, and are in the process of sharing experiences they have made available to society in order to inspire other communities.
With 17 years of experience, it is the first national network of schools in diverse and challenging contexts, and has positioned itself as a benchmark for the education system. It currently brings together 101 schools from Arica to Magallanes, which develop innovative projects that have a positive impact on students’ learning.
Governance
Governance
Drive
Impact
Expected results
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Territorial networks that bring together educational establishments from Arica to Magallanes.
63%
Schools reported new innovation projects in 2024 on topics such as sustainability, socio-emotional development, active methodologies, among others.
66%
Of the schools have been publicly recognized for implementing innovative initiatives outside the REL.
79%
Of the educational establishments share their project with other establishments.
Associated SDGs
Associated SDGs
This initiative contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
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