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COSTA, Marcio da  e  KOSLINSKI, Mariane Campelo. Quase-mercado oculto: disputa por escolas “comuns” no Rio de Janeiro. Cad. Pesqui. [online]. 2011, vol.41, n.142, pp.246-266. ISSN 0100-1574.

The article focuses on a phenomenon that is scarcely studied in the Brazilian context: the dispute for places in public schools that can not be characterized as elite or excellence centres, but that attained a good reputation as high-quality schools. By resorting to the concept of quasi-market, it analyses the results of a case study in six high- and low- prestige public schools in the city of Rio de Janeiro, which evidences the phenomenon in its perverse effects as to social selectivity, showing that the school administrative staff has an active role in the choice of their students. The article pleads for a more equitable process of school choice by discussing some consequences from the refusal to admit the existence of a quasi-market in Brazilian public school networks.

Palavras-chave : Public Schools; Equal Opportunities; Public Policies; Teaching Quality.

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