Abstract

CUNHA, Maria Amália Almeida  and  ALVES, Maria Teresa Gonzaga. “Luck smiled at me”: luck or strategy of avoidance of the ‘ordinary’ public school?. Educ. Rev. [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.67, pp.199-214. ISSN 1984-0411.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-4060.51651.

This article aims to investigate the reasons for choosing a differentiated public school for families who, because of material constraints, could not choose a private educational institution for their children. It situates the discussion in the field of the family-school relationship, analyzing the reasons for the choice of the school by the families investigated, among them the avoidance of the 'common' public school. It takes as an empirical unit of analysis the elementary school linked to the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Pedagogical Center-UFMG), whose entrance is possible only through a lot of vacancies open to any interested party. The empirical evidence suggests that in a less segregated environment, such as the analyzed school, the dispositions for learning can be better potentiated, revealing the pertinence of studies that take into account the institutional context conjugated to the educational practices in the student's academic trajectory, that in the Literature has been addressed by 'effect-school' studies.

Keywords : Choosing School Institutions; Family Mobilization; Scholarship Inequalities; Family-School Relationship; Effect-School; Effect-Teacher..

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