Dinheiro direto na escola: um olhar avaliativo sobre o Programa de Manutenção e Desenvolvimento do Ensino de Fortaleza

Abstract

The aim of this article is to provide evaluative considerations about the Program for the Maintenance and Development of Education (PMDE), in the context of the Brazilian educational reform, and its implications for the management of public schools in Fortaleza. Our objective was to identify possible indicative elements of categories that supported the creation of the program – decentralization, transparency, participation, autonomy = and democratic management – which are present in the implementation and execution of the Program on a daily basis in public schools. The research methodology took into account the peculiarities of the schools in the sample, the manifest relations of strength and the specificities present in the execution of this government policy. The research was carried out in two school units belonging to different municipal subdivisions: SER* I and SER VI. At the end, we present a synthesis considering the landmark analysis and the points highlighted along the research such as: the public / private relation, democratic management and decentralization / centralization.