The space dimension of the public school: readings on the reorganization of the network state of São Paulo

ABSTRACT:

This paper discusses the school reorganization project presented by São Paulo Secretary of Education, in 2015, seeking to understand its space implications. For this purpose, we relate the theoretical discussion developed by many researchers in the last decades about public education and school in Brazil, with analyses build from data about the current school reorganization project. This is ongoing research and, therefore, the first analyzes of mapping and field work in the context of the presentation of the school reorganization proposal and school occupations are presented here. Due to the size of the school state network, we chose to develop our analyses from the data of states schools located at the city of São Paulo. In our view, the closure of schools proposed in the reorganization project can enhance the spatial inequality of public school in São Paulo. Therefore, the importance of the struggle of high school students reaffirm, among other things, the relationship between the school, its subject and spatiality.

Keywords:
School reorganization; Spatial dimension; Public school; Socio-spatial inequality