NOVO ENSINO MÉDIO: avanços e retrocessos visualizados

This article aims to discuss the perspectives brought by the New High School, focusing on its advances and setbacks. This topic is relevant due to the need to understand the impacts of this educational reform on student learning, considering its pedagogical, curricular, and social implications. The choice of the theme is justified by the importance of analyzing how this public policy is being implemented, what challenges emerge in this process, and how it can contribute to or limit the quality of education in the country. The research adopts a qualitative approach, based on a literature review, gathering theoretical contributions from authors who investigate Brazilian educational policy, with an emphasis on the restructuring of high school education. The specific objectives are to explain the main points of the high school reform; present the contexts and tensions of the implementation of the New High School; and discuss the main advances and future perspectives brought by this educational policy. The methodology used enables a critical analysis, contrasting advances and setbacks pointed out by different scholars, allowing for a comprehensive understanding of the proposed changes and their alignment with contemporary societal demands. Therefore, the study aims to contribute to the academic and social debate on the adequacy and effectiveness of the New High School, as well as to provide input for broader reflections that may support improvements and adjustments to the public policy, with the goal of ensuring a more inclusive, contextualized, and high-quality education for all Brazilian students.