DESAFIOS DA DISSEMINAÇÃO INTERESTADUAL DE POLÍTICAS EDUCACIONAIS NA FEDERAÇÃO BRASILEIRA

Based on the scenario of a low degree of national coordination in the educational policy of the Brazilian federation, the article aims to identify and discuss the challenges, mechanisms and contexts that motivated, in 2016, the decision by the government of Espírito Santo to adopt and institutionalize the Pact for Learning (PAES) inspired by the collaborative regime program of the state of Ceará. To achieve the proposed objective, this case study was based on exploratory research with qualitative bibliographic and documentary studies, linked to the concept of public policy diffusion. The results showed that the adoption of the program was consolidated through cooperation and learning mechanisms and that the policy adopted had, in its conception, a certain structural rigidity that disregarded local contexts and factors. The discussions emphasized the central role played by the National Council of Education Secretaries and third sector institutions in fostering a network of horizontal interaction that encouraged the spread of ideas and successful public policy models. It was concluded that the adoption of the program was an isolated government decision and that social protagonism was not taken into account in the policy formulation and construction stages. Finally, it was inferred that the lack of a National Education System compromises articulation and cooperation between education systems.