On October 14, the Belo Horizonte City Council approved, in the first round, the Draft Bill PL n° 274/2017, known as “Escola sem Partido” (“School without Partisanship”, freely translated). With 25 votes in favor and 8 against, the vote was concluded after fourteen sessions under discussion, with protests involving supporters and critics of the project in the chamber and in the galleries. (more…)

On September 5th, the Brazilian federal government launched the National Program of Civic-Military Schools (Programa Nacional de Escolas Cívico-Militares, PECIM), with the goal of implementing 216 schools in the model by 2023. The model proposes educational institutions that are not strictly military, but militarized, with a team of Armed Forces, the Military Police and the Fire Department personnel, both retired and in active duty, in the role of tutors and managers. (more…)