TITLE:
First Generation Education Charters in Portugal: Intentions and Achievements
AUTHORS:
Lúcia Isabel Ribeiro Santos, António Manuel Rochette Cordeiro, Joaquim Luís Medeiros Alcoforado
KEYWORDS:
First Generation Education Charter, Reorganisation of the School Network, Municipal Planning
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Political Science,
Vol.11 No.2,
April
26,
2021
ABSTRACT: There have been significant changes over the past 20 years in the way of
planning the primary schools in Portugal. As a school network forward planning
instrument, the education charter was decisive in this change. At a time when
the first generation education charter is concluded and a new cycle of the
school network reorganisation is beginning, this article aims, based on the
analysis of 34 municipalities, to reflect on the heterogeneity in the appropriation
of the regulatory norms in the implementation of the first generation education
charter, integrating the diverse decisions made in the various contexts.
Building on the identification of the reorganisation tendencies of the school
network, this article aims to assess the degree to which the proposals
presented have been achieved and the results thereof.