Inequality and School Reform in Bahia, Brazil
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2009
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-009-9131-6
Abstract
This article compares public and community schools in Salvador, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil. Based on quantitative data analysis and qualitative research conducted on-site during three research trips in 2001, 2003 and 2005, the author finds that Brazil’s extreme inequality and the associated concentration of state power in a few hands stand in the way of an effective reform. In 1999, the state of Bahia started to reform its basic education cycle, but the author’s research shows that Bahian elites use access to basic education to defend their inherited privilege. The analysis of community schools further demonstrates that inequality also blocks effective community and parental involvement in school management, as schools tend to distance themselves from neighbourhoods portrayed as poor and black, and thus “dangerous”.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
International Review of Education, v. 55, issue 4, p. 345-365
Link to Full Text
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-009-9131-6
Scholar Commons Citation
Reiter, Bernd, "Inequality and School Reform in Bahia, Brazil" (2009). Government and International Affairs Faculty Publications. 10.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gia_facpub/10
