A escola como problema de polícia: um estudo de caso sobre a militarização da educação no Distrito Federal (Brasil)

Abstract

The article analyzes the militarization process of a public school in the periphery of the Federal District (Brazil). The goal was to understand how the process of choice, negotiation and implementation of the so-called "Shared Management" took place in CED 07 of Ceilândia that, since 2019, has had military police officers responsible for school discipline.  The field research consisted of interviews with teachers, observation of meetings and analysis of documents, oficial data, newspaper articles and videos that circulated on social media. The implemented policy mobilizes the idea that more police at school would supposedly mean guarantee of order and discipline and, therefore, would rescue the authority lost by teachers. These categories are discussed based on the theoretical contributions of studies on conflict administration and citizenship rights in Brazil. The results point to effects contrary to those announced by the local government with the increase of school conflicts in relation to the years before the implementation of the policy and the imposition of a military police morality in educational routines that puts in check the narrative that this is a management that respects teachers' autonomy and values students.