Abstract

The main tensions and conflicts experienced by public education in Chilean society are analyzed within the framework of the transformations undertaken since 2014. These transformations are the result of a scenario, strategic in its development – as reflected in the conflicts generated, essentially, by the proposals to improve the present situation of the sector – that insists on market regulation, while alternative proposals are generated by those upholding education as a social right, with the consequences this implies. This chapter deals with the current state of debate of the mentioned topic from a documentary review, immersing it within the contextual elements that illustrate the problem, the conditioning factors and its demands, thus evidencing the conflicts that have arisen and the tensions that have taken place in Chile.