Educational Foundation · 45 years

Too many children and young people face challenges that narrow, far too early, the horizon of what is possible.

We believe otherwise.

Every student can build a better future when an entire community stands beside them.

We are a non-profit foundation that leads schools of excellence for children and young people. Pedagogical innovation, evidence-based management, a committed community.

Our impact

We don’t measure what we do. We measure what changes.

Every figure is a human story: a child who learns, a family accompanied, a teacher who grows, a destiny that widens.

3,040
students learning every day in our classroomsacross two communities in Puente Alto and Peñalolén
2,000+
graduates building their future since 2005an entire generation with new opportunities
90%
go on to higher education+10 points above their district average
5.4
average years to graduation for our alumniversus 7.3 years district-wide: less time, more life ahead
100%
of public funding invested with transparencyevery resource accounted for and devoted to learning
45
years alongside the same families and neighborhoodssince 1980, generation after generation
Stories of transformation

Behind every figure, a person.

Not marketing testimonials. Real voices from those who live FEDUCA every day: students, graduates, families and the teachers who sustain the change.

“At this school I learned to connect with people and to be empathetic with those around me. I carry that with me to this day.”

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Mirador alumnusGraduate · Colegio Mirador, Puente Alto

“Colegio Mirador is a safe place where we grow as people.”

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12th-grade studentColegio Mirador, Puente Alto

“We parents work hand in hand with the teachers, as equals. We need to be present in what our sons and daughters live through.”

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ParentFamily · Colegio San Fernando, Peñalolén

“We want our children to have the skills they need to face the future.”

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Physical Education teacherTeacher · Colegio San Fernando, Peñalolén
What our students create

Learning becomes visible when it is created.

Not news or announcements: evidence of learning. Spaces where students research, design, build and show what they are capable of.

Students working in the Fab Lab
Fab Labs · Digital fabrication

From a real problem to the 3D printer

With 3D printers, laser cutters and advanced technology, students design and build solutions for their own community. The idea becomes an object; the classroom, a workshop.

CRA Innovation Library
CRA Libraries · Reading and writing

Readers who become authors

Goal: 100% of students reading by the end of 1st grade. From reading the world to writing their own.

Students in a collaborative project-based learning activity
Bridge Milestones · Project-based learning

Learning by solving real problems

At the bridge levels, students work on projects that integrate different subjects: they research, collaborate and build solutions to real challenges, making their learning visible.

Students taking the lead at the Cultural Extension Center
Cultural extension

The stage and the court as classroom

Arts, sports and science workshops where every student finds their voice.

Students coding in computer class
Think, create and code

Solving with digital logic

Computational thinking woven into the curriculum: coding to understand, not just to use.

Students exploring with a globe
Philosophy to innovate

Questions that open paths

Critical thinking and reasoning as a habit: learning to think, not just to answer.

Students reading in the library
Social-emotional learning

Recognize and support

Recognizing and managing emotions, building healthy relationships: whole-person development becomes a habit.

What sets us apart

12 milestones. But they are not programs: they are capabilities.

We reorganized our milestones around one simple question: what capability does each one build, and what changes because of it? In students, in teachers and in the community.

Capabilities students build 6 milestones
Fab Labs
Why it exists: learning by designing and building.
What changes: students move from consuming knowledge to creating real solutions.
Early literacy
Why it exists: that everyone reads by the end of 1st grade (Astoreca method).
What changes: no child is left behind at the doorway to learning.
Philosophy to innovate
Why it exists: building critical thinking and reasoning.
What changes: students who question, justify and decide for themselves.
Social-emotional learning
Why it exists: recognizing and managing emotions, building healthy relationships.
What changes: whole-person development stops being rhetoric and becomes a habit.
Think, create and code
Why it exists: computational thinking woven into the curriculum.
What changes: solving problems with digital logic from an early age.
Bridge Milestones
Why it exists: cross-curricular assessments that connect the learning journey.
What changes: gaps are spotted in time and addressed early, not late.
Capabilities teachers build 3 milestones
Smart Meetings
Why it exists: the Meeting Wise methodology (Harvard) in every session.
What changes: team time becomes learning, not paperwork.
PRED — Teaching Excellence
Why it exists: recognizing and rewarding pedagogical innovation (20+ years).
What changes: professional pride becomes the engine of improvement.
Evidence-based management
Why it exists: short improvement cycles with real data.
What changes: we iterate on hypotheses before scaling: evidence first.
Capabilities the community builds 3 milestones
Three-Way Gatherings
Why it exists: bringing student, teacher and parent together around shared commitments.
What changes: community life becomes a shared pedagogical practice.
Participatory school project (PEI)
Why it exists: co-creating the school’s educational project with the whole community.
What changes: the school’s direction belongs to everyone, not a few.
Innovation Steering Committee
Why it exists: leading and sustaining the culture of innovation.
What changes: good ideas are piloted, evaluated and scaled with method.
Our model

How purpose becomes impact.

One single logic, clear in thirty seconds: everything we do exists so that learning can change a student’s life.

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Purpose

Quality education as a right, not a privilege.

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Learning

The instructional core: teacher, student and content.

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Innovation

Proven with evidence before scaling it.

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Human development

Adults who learn so that children can learn.

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Impact

Students who widen the horizon of their lives.

Our schools

Two communities, one shared purpose.

Each school has a soul of its own. What they share is the conviction that the whole tribe educates.

Entrance of Colegio Mirador, Puente AltoPuente Alto

Colegio Mirador

“Building as a community, our school of today and of the future.”

Family atmosphereA caring communityOpportunities for all
1,200Students
2001Founded
Pre-K–IVLevels
Discover Mirador →
Aerial view of Colegio San Fernando, PeñalolénPeñalolén · 45 years

Colegio San Fernando

“Shaping people who build their own future.”

ExcellenceDiversityJoy in community
1,650Students
1980Founded
2 campusesLos Mares · Nevados
Discover San Fernando →
Join the tribe

Be part of this purpose.

It takes a whole tribe to educate a child. We are looking for teachers, school leaders, researchers and partners who believe that education transforms destinies.