Impacts of maternal education of Bolsa Familia on educational outcomes children

This article shows findings on research about maternal level of education impacts of children’s education outcomes among beneficiaries of Bolsa Familia cash transfer program in Cruz das Almas city. Bolsa Familia is implemented since 2003. It is the most important Brazilian social cash transfer program. It serves millions of Brazilian people. Children of Bolsa Familia can be first generation of families that stay for a long in school. A lot of parents cannot go to school. So, it is possible to think these children’s education outcomes can be affected by low level education of their parents. The questions of this study are based on discussions of sociology of education. Daniel Thin points out conflicts between logic and values of school system and ways of socialization student’s popular families. School system is organized by rational, abstract, logical conceptions, and long term planning. It was used qualitative methodology. Mothers and teachers of students beneficiaries have been interviewed. It was long and interviews, questions used a semistructured interview guide covering any important subjects as the maternal education trajectory, maternal experience of school, adult families’ school and labor trajectories, and mother’s experiences with servants and teacher of her children.