Abstract:
The article presents the Timeline of Education and Health Public Policies Regarding Schooling Problems. It is a virtual tool that gives access to the legislation on education and health public policies regarding schooling problems – in a federal, state and municipal level – and also the academic work that analyzes those policies. It informs both governors in charge when each policy was implemented, as well as its ministers/secretaries of education and health, and the respective political parties. The present text describes the format and how the timeline works, then it discusses three significant themes: a) the relationship between legislation and practice in the areas of education and health; b) the political and ideological dimensions in the legislation; c) the potentialities and virtues of the contiguous providing of legislation in time/space and in relation to academic production. It evaluates that the tool can and should be expanded, helping to overcome ignorance and isolation in relation to the public policies practiced in the different regions and municipalities of the country. It emphasizes its democratic character open to the participation of users to broaden and refine the information that it contains.
Keywords:
Public Policies; Education; Health; Schooling; Virtual Tool
