Concerned with the future of public educational institutions and the situation of their teachers, we discuss in this text the necessity to redefine the meaning of the school, and to guarantee the development of a social education facing the social changes. The main argument in this reflection lays in the need to offer a better formation for teachers and better conditions of work. We consider these two aspects as fully intertwined and directly reflected in the quality of the education, so that they must be understood as dimensions of the teachers' professional development, being the teachers subjects with an essential role in any possible change inside the school. Therefore, we believe that it is important to spotlight the teachers and their work. This article also intends to qualify the idea of quality and discuss the necessary elements to make it possible.
teachers' formation; professional development; education politics; changes in the school