Social Observatory Reports
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Shadow education on the Iberian Peninsula
Bruno P. Carvalho, Pedro Freitas, Susana Peralta, Francisco M. Pereira, Juan Carlos Rodríguez and Mercedes Esteban Villar, Research by the Social Observatory in collaboration with the European Foundation for Society and Education and the Nova School of Business and Economics
Families resort to private tuition as support for specific educational challenges. However, could such practices increase inequalities? We analyse the data from a sociodemographic perspective in Spain and Portugal.
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Resilient schools: excellence in educational centres in contexts of poverty
Lucía Cobreros Vicente and Lucas Gortazar, ESADE
This report analyses how some schools in the Canary Islands (primary schools) and Catalonia (secondary schools) manage to ensure that their students make progress beyond expectations, despite social vulnerability. Using data and fieldwork, we identify resilient schools: those that combine academic excellence with strategies to reduce inequalities.
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Philanthropy in Spain and Portugal
Beth Breeze, Centre for Philanthropy at University of Kent; Maria Gutiérrez-Domènech, Social Observatory of the ”la Caixa” Foundation
Love, help, and humanity are terms used to define philanthropy, but what exactly is it and how has it evolved? This study analyses the knowledge, social attitudes and philanthropic behaviour of Spanish and Portuguese people and offers recommendations to advance future development.
