We seek to reflect on the priority of psychological practice in the school regional context, analyzing its nuances and identifying the deadlock that hinder psychological work in regular schools. In order to answer the questions raised during ten years lecturing theoretically on this subject, we investigate: Which would be the practical dimension of the course "Psychology of Education"? To this end, the following activities were carried out in the field: direct observations and semi-structured interviews with psychologists, teachers and other professionals working in public and private schools in the Brazilian cities of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo and Itaboraí. In a theoretical and descriptive essay, we showed the main problems reported: the huge shortage of psychologists working in schools and some aspects of violence in this context. We also note that the work of psychologists in schools presents a paradox: the action in favor of the emergence of the word versus the resistance on the part of the institution, school, "ordering" silence, adaptation and correction of undesirable conduct, thus undermining uniqueness.
psychoanalysis and education; violence in schools; symbolic violence; public policies