How much is the teachers’ job worth? Revealing the devaluation process of teachers’ salaries in the city of Ponta Grossa

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https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.8i1.0003

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The aim of this paper is to analyze the main educational political decisions in order to unveil the process of devaluing teacher practice that is taking place in the city of Ponta Grossa, Pr. The analysis focuses on the period from 2005 to 2010 after the municipal legal reform. The article presents the configuration of the teaching career in the local context before and after its reorganization, which had as its main legal basis the national salary implemented by Law 11738/2008. The study demonstrates that the reform based on the new management’s assumptions made the career less attractive to new professionals. Also, it created unequal situations concerning the increase of salaries along the career and highlighted the fragility of the commitment to quality education.

Keywords: Teaching career. Teaching practice. Teaching valuing.

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How much is the teachers’ job worth? Revealing the devaluation process of teachers’ salaries in the city of Ponta Grossa. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 8, n. 1, p. 63–84, 2013. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.8i1.0003. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/5371. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2026.

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