Gestión escolar democrática: una construcción contextualizada en escuelas municipales de la ciudad de Pelotas, RS, Brasil

this article analyzes the democratization of managing educational policies that the municipal secretary of education in pelotas implemented in 2001. with a qualitative methodology based on discussion groups and case studies, research was carried out on the management practices and models in the municipal public schools of pelotas, in the state of rio grande do sul, brazil. the administrative, pedagogical, and financial aspects of these policies were considered in three cases, represented by three schools with predominant management models. school a presented real democratic progress with the participation of the entire school community; school b continued with its model of traditional management, showing only formal democracy with limited community participation, while school c did not obtain the expected results in terms of democratic management.