In this text, a newly appointed national secretary of education takes the reader on journey through time across the main dimensions of educational policy, observing its evolution over the last thirty years. Federative relations, financing, evaluation system, curricular parameters, and, of...

Providing access to education for low-income populations is essential to reduce inequalities and promote social inclusion. Although the spatial dimension of inequalities in access to education has received attention in recent studies, there is a lack of studies that examine whether children have...

Traffic congestion is a persistent problem in large metropolises and increasingly common in medium and large cities. Several studies have analyzed the negative effects of congestion in terms of economic productivity loss, increased environmental pollution, and negative health consequences....

Neste artigo documentamos haver entre alunos do ensino básico no Brasil uma relação negativa e significativa entre dispersão etária dentro das turmas e a proficiência individual. A relação entre a defasagem idade-série da criança e a sua proficiência escolar é usualmente explicada...

School technology integration rarely begins with school or educator choice. It is part of a wider context where external and internal factors have direct influence on the goals and tools that are adopted over time. The objective of this discussion paper is to investigate the systemic conditions...

School technology integration rarely begins with school or educator choice. It is part of a wider context where external and internal factors have direct influence on the goals and tools that are adopted over time. The objective of this discussion paper is to investigate the systemic conditions...

In this text, a newly appointed national secretary of education takes the reader on journey through time across the main dimensions of educational policy, observing its evolution over the last thirty years. Federative relations, financing, evaluation system, curricular parameters, and, of...

In this article we show that among elementary school students in Brazil there is a negative and significant relationship between within-class age dispersion and pupil’s proficiency. The relationship between the age-grade delay and school proficiency is usually explained by several factors that...

Portuguese Abstract: O desenvolvimento e consolidação da investigação qualitativa no âmbito das ciências humanas e sociais tem sido objeto de reconhecimento em diferentes campos de conhecimento. Este avanço significativo tem se realizado historicamente à luz de trabalhos pioneiros que...