ABSTRACT
Despite its legal consecration in terms of the guidelines for action - from the constitutional texts and the basic education laws to the ordinary legislation and political discourses -, democratic management of the public school remains difficult to achieve at the level of effective organizational action in each concrete school. Although highly relevant, as a result of political democratization that has driven authoritarian regimes away, democratic legal referentials are still insufficient to guarantee the democratization of school management. This paper presents some of the political and organizational obstacles, as well as historical and cultural, that have hampered the democratic management of schools, including a critical analysis of the concept itself and its most substantive demands.
Keywords:
Democratic management; School management; Democracy.