Challenges of Education for Brazil: Indicators and Management Models

Agnaldo Batista DaSilva, Wilson Almeida

Abstract: This article discusses the crucial role of educational managers in Brazilian municipalities, considering that public resources should be applied in the light of the principle of efficiency and, in the light of the world order of education of the 21st century. The concern with the quality of basic education is among the main focuses of attention of public managers in Brazil and among the main causes of mobilization of civil society. In this sense, it is imperative to find the determinants of quality and establish more realistic goals and objectives, allowing them to be judged in terms of efficiency and effectiveness by stakeholders

Keywords: quality of basic education, public schools, public management, management goals