The democratic management of public schools, which has been present on the educational policy agenda of the Brazilian government, especially from the last decades of the 20th century onwards, has widened in the early years of this century. It emerged as a demand of the organized sectors of educators who historically lobbied the government to create MEChanisms of democratic governance to manage school units. Based on the results of a survey of state public high schools in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, this paper focuses on this theme to highlight how school management is organized. It takes two dimensions of this process into account: the political-pedagogical project and the school boards. Its results show the MEChanisms for democratic management have been implemented in schools, but also that management MEChanisms to conduct the school's actions are still present.
High school; Participation; Democratic management; Management
