ABSTRACT:
In this paper, we aim to describe the feelings, thoughts, and experiences among young people in high schools of public State schools’ network in Minas Gerais, Brazil, after implementation of new educational policies that reformulated curricula and modified schooling spaces and times. This work is organized in three sections. First, we discuss the political context in which the project “Reinventing High School” emerged and was implemented in Minas Gerais’ public schools between 2012 and 2014. In the second section, we analyse students’ perceptions of such policies in their practical dimension, based on data obtained from focus groups. Their voices reveal that politics and policies often put in an invisible place the very subjects for which they are directed. Finally, in the third section, we make considerations and reflections about the results and impact of this research.
Keywords:
Young people; High school; School; Public Policies