ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book illuminates the interplay among knowledge, popular education, curriculum, teachers and the politics of educational policy in Sao Paulo. It divides into three sections. The first section highlights important concrete conditions that the Freire administration leaves as an on-going legacy to the working class and poor students that frequent Sao Paulo public schools and the dedicated educators that teach them. The second section analyzes the ways in which public schooling, public school teachers, curriculum content and the student experience has been transformed. The book also offers important lessons to be learned with regard to the complexities, the ambiguities and the challenges of creating and implementing a Freirean proposal for public schools. The third section revisits an on-going exploration of the relationships between the state and social movements, surfacing several principal questions that remain for future research.
