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Education Federalism in Brazil: Contradictions, Challenges, and Possibilities

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In the three decades of validity of the Federal Constitution of 1988 (FC) Brazil lived the longest democratic period in its history, in addition to expressive changes in the social area. In the field of education, there was considerable progress in the educational levels of the population in general and of young people in particular, when compared to previous periods. If in the 1980s the net enrollment rate in primary and secondary education was 80.1% and 14.3%, respectively, in 2000 it reached 94.3% and 33%.

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    In this case, it is a value below which the Union, the States, the Federal District and the Municipalities will not be able to set the initial salaries of the public teaching careers, for the workday of 40 hours per week.

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Ranieri, N. (2024). Education Federalism in Brazil: Contradictions, Challenges, and Possibilities. In: Russo, C.J., Ma, L. (eds) A Comparative Analysis of Systems of Education Law. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1052-2_3

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