New FGV study center seeks to improve learning in Brazilian schools
Despite having structured an education policy, invested resources and expanded access considerably in recent decades, Brazil was among the 15 worst countries in mathematics and science, in the PISA assessment in 2024, a ranking that evaluates and compares education in 56 countries. Due to the controversy that Brazil has invested resources and universalized basic education, without being able to improve learning levels, it becomes necessary to evaluate the implementation of education policies in the country. It is with this focus that the Center for Studies on Implementation of Educational Policies (FGV CEPIPE) was created, based at the São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP).
Funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp), FGV CEPIPE will investigate the processes of implementing educational policies in the state of São Paulo, with the aim of understanding the existing challenges and how to improve them.
The researchers will dedicate themselves to investigating, through five research axes, the Formulation of Curricular Policies; Communication and interaction with Stakeholders; School management and leadership; Teaching and curricular policies; in addition to Curricular policies and educational development of students.
Once the problems in these sectors have been diagnosed, the second stage will be the design, experimentation and evaluation of modular solutions, with the aim of proposing improvements to issues related to the implementation of the curriculum, in order to positively impact student learning and reduce educational inequalities.
In addition to a bibliographic and documentary analysis, the diagnoses will be prepared after conducting semi-structured interviews, field visits, and applying a questionnaire to professionals in the education sector. To develop these activities, the center relies on a network of multidisciplinary partnerships and associated researchers linked to universities in various states in Brazil and other countries.
Launch of FGV CEPIPE
The launch of FGV CEPIPE took place on February 11th at FGV EAESP, in an event open to the public. In the morning, a meeting was held with all the researchers who make up the Center, including researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) and Fundação Carlos Chagas (FCC), as well as members of Instituto Unibanco and the Secretariat of Education, all partners of FGV CEPIPE.
According to the Coordinator of FGV CEPIPE, Gabriela Lotta, the purpose of this meeting was to plan the functioning of the Center and promote the exchange of knowledge between researchers from different research areas so that the entire team could contribute and be aware of the studies to be developed.
“The focus was to create an identity for the research to be carried out, and at the same time to develop a plan for the future,” Lotta highlighted. During the afternoon, the launch event opened up space for a round table discussion.
“The purpose of this debate was to promote a collective discussion about the challenges in thinking about implementing educational policies, and to understand the role of FGV CEPIPE in bringing scientific knowledge to drive practice, in search of improving the educational scenario in Brazil,” he declared.
