The Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) and Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) co-hosted an international conference on "The Quality of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean" in February 2007. The conference examined the quality of education in the region, the determinants of learning, policy and program evaluation, and the impact of quality of education on the labor market. Education quality is recognized as a major determinant of the wellbeing of nations, as they attempt to improve productivity and their place in the global economy. Learning and schooling attainment are a significant determinant of earnings ability. The challenge for researchers is to understand the policies that improve learning outcomes. A better understanding of how learning can be improved will help countries in the region enact effective policies. This second issue contains four additional papers originally presented at the conference. The first six were published in volume 3, number 1 of this journal.