In spite of the acquired ambiguity of the term "public", we broke of the presupposition that the education is social task under responsibility of the State. The Brazilian federalism distributes the service to the education in the several federal instances. The absence of execution of the cooperation regime and collaboration, in spite of the existence of legal precepts that were necessary, accentuated the fragmentation of the education politics and the non-constitution of a national system of education. The "municipalização" (kind of decentralization to the counties based on municipal management) of the fundamental teaching has been an instrument to reinforce the atomization of the pedagogic actions. On the other hand, fertile experiences in the extent of the municipal administration have presented democratic alternatives, particularly in which is referred to the education administration.
education politics; education systems; regime of collaboration