PISA indicates that Portugal is losing ground in school performance. The article raises the question of what to do in light of this situation.
The piece suggests that foundations can play a differentiated role from the State in Portuguese education. Since they do not need to manage daily thousands of schools, national curricula or tens of thousands of teachers, foundations could contribute to help recover the quality of education in Portugal.
The article presents this possibility as an alternative or complement to state management of the education system, without delving into specific measures or concrete examples of foundations involved.



