This article seeks to explain the administrative strategies for public education developed in the city of Rio de Janeiro between 1922 and 1935. A careful look at the public policies of education, during the administrations of Antônio Carneiro Leão (1922-1926), Fernando de Azevedo (1927-1930) and Anísio Teixeira (1931-1935), shows the changes in the organization of the General Directorate of Public Instruction in the Federal District. The amplification of state agencies and the specialization of educational services constitute an important political resource in the complex network of institutions and knowledge, aimed at reforming the administrative structure of education.
public policies of education; educational reform; schooling 1922-1935; history of education