Rogério Allon Duenhas

Melhoria da qualidade educacional e redução da violência através de abertura de escolas públicas nos finais de semana: uma avaliação quantitativa

Opening public schools on weekends has become a common practice in many states of Brazil. The quantitative studies indicate auspicious results for this public policy in reducing violence. This paper discusses the impacts of opening basic schools of Curitiba, during the weekend, to communities in vulnerable areas. It investigates questions about violence and performance of students in standardized tests. The methodology applied in analyzing violence is weighted least squares by propensity score, in analyzing performance is used differences in differences. Two counterfactuals are used: schools waiting to get into the program and those which have showed no interest. The results show that the program has a positive impact on some dimensions of violence, such as the relationship among students, the reduction of crimes against property and drug dealing. The results also show a negative impact on the average performance of the schools, even though they are not statistically significant. Although the program improves the school environment, we conclude that it fails when trying to transform such successes into effective learning.

O acesso ao judiciário é para todos? Uma análise utilizando o índice de oportunidade no acesso para os estados brasileiros.

72 O artigo investiga a cobertura, a desigualdade e o acesso a justica no Brasil por meio do indice de oportunidade no acesso ao Judiciario (IOAJ). A fonte de dados foi o suplemento especial correspondente a vitimizacao e ao acesso a justica da PNAD 2009. Os resultados mostram que as circunstâncias individuais afetam o acesso. Logo, seria um indicio de que eles nao se sentem igualmente protegidos pelo sistema judiciario. Os niveis de cobertura e de oportunidade no acesso a justica mostram-se baixos em comparacao a outros servicos (agua, luz e educacao) e os indices sao mais elevados para as regioes sul e sudeste.

Mejora en la calidad educacional y en la reducción de la violencia a través de la apertura de escuelas públicas los fines de semana: una evaluación cuantitativa

Opening public schools on weekends has become a common practice in many states of Brazil. The quantitative studies indicate auspicious results for this public policy in reducing violence. This paper discusses the impacts of opening basic schools of Curitiba, during the weekend, to communities in vulnerable areas. It investigates questions about violence and performance of students in standardized tests. The methodology applied in analyzing violence is weighted least squares by propensity score, in analyzing performance is used differences in differences. Two counterfactuals are used: schools waiting to get into the program and those which have showed no interest. The results show that the program has a positive impact on some dimensions of violence, such as the relationship among students, the reduction of crimes against property and drug dealing. The results also show a negative impact on the average performance of the schools, even though they are not statistically significant. Although the program improves the school environment, we conclude that it fails when trying to transform such successes into effective learning.

Improving educational quality and reduction of violence through opening schools on weekends: a quantitative evaluation

Opening public schools on weekends has become a common practice in many states of Brazil. The quantitative studies indicate auspicious results for this public policy in reducing violence. This paper discusses the impacts of opening basic schools of Curitiba, during the weekend, to communities in vulnerable areas. It investigates questions about violence and performance of students in standardized tests. The methodology applied in analyzing violence is weighted least squares by propensity score, in analyzing performance is used differences in differences. Two counterfactuals are used: schools waiting to get into the program and those which have showed no interest. The results show that the program has a positive impact on some dimensions of violence, such as the relationship among students, the reduction of crimes against property and drug dealing. The results also show a negative impact on the average performance of the schools, even though they are not statistically significant. Although the program improves the school environment, we conclude that it fails when trying to transform such successes into effective learning.