Tomás Recart, executive director of Enseña Chile, argues in a letter to La Tercera that education's main challenge is management. He claims the wrong question is being asked by focusing on classroom methodologies or innovations, overlooking the structure and governance of Local Services.
In a letter published by La Tercera on March 22, 2026, Tomás Recart, executive director of Enseña Chile, states that “the problem of education is a management problem” and that “we are asking the wrong question” by focusing on methodologies or innovations in the classroom rather than on efficient operations of educational operators. Recart notes that it is known how children learn, but this does not happen, especially in vulnerable contexts. The recent debate on public education and the implementation of Local Services fails to address the structure, governance, processes, or systems of these operators, according to the author. He suggests going “upstream” to the functioning of service leaders to mobilize school leadership teams. “The strategy cannot be implemented if management is not efficient,” he asserts, urging a shift in the debate's focus.
