The aim of this article is to analyze the public-private relationship and its consequences for the democratic management of education. It presents the current scenario, as it sees the inclusion of the private logics in public schools as part of changes occurred in this particular period of the capitalism and which redefine the role of the State and social policies. Overall, it was concluded that the public-private relationship comes up during the current period in what refers to the change of ownership and also to what remains as the state ownership, besides reorganizing the educational processes under the logics of the market .
third way; public; educational policies; democratic management
