La escuela media en su límite. Diferencias y continuidades en las configuraciones nacionales de la región: los casos de Brasil, Argentina y Chile: différences et continuités des configurations nationales dans la région: les cas du Brésil, de l'Argentine et du Chili

The present article accounts for the current demands for a universal high-school level education the various countries in the region are subject to, draws on speeches justifying these demands and the social and cultural conditions under which it occurs, in an attempt to make a contribution to an understanding of its senses and purposes. High-school level expansion and changes introduced by various reforms are presented, while portraying the invariances of a school format that has remained unchanged since its creation at the end of the 19th century. National designs of high-school level in thre...