Educational management and school effectiveness: a case study in municipal schools of Duque de Caxias / Gestão educacional e eficácia escolar: um estudo de caso nas escolas municipais de Duque de Caxias

This article is the result of an investigation [1] that evaluated the school effectiveness in the municipal schools of Duque de Caxias that obtained the highest Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) in 2009 through the analysis of the factors that are directly associated to the effectiveness in schools, such as organization, school management, and pedagogical emphasis. Two schools were surveyed, intentionally chosen, because the purpose of the work was to map the effective strategies of educational management in schools with higher performance. The data are originated from quantitative and qualitative researches that were carried out in 2011 and 2012 in these schools. The results showed that the school effectiveness is due to the committed work of the team, the active role of the manager, the involvement of the family in school, the differentiated teaching methodologies, and the participatory planning. [1] Research carried out with funding of FAPERJ-Public notice APq1.