Editorial

Abstract

Research about education, specifically that conducted in Graduate Schools of Education in Brazil and abroad, has presented society in general a body of knowledge, arguments, criticisms and viable paths to support the discussion and realization of advances and transformation of the structural and daily conditions of educational practices in a wide variety of levels and modalities. The Revista Brasileira de Educação [The Brazilian Education Journal] (RBE), is committed to a social and political agenda that addresses the contemporary challenges in education. The journal has expanded the interlocution of the scientific community with the community responsible for public education policies to increase the choice of priorities, the critical articulation of actions and to guarantee better working conditions for education professionals, as well as better study and learning opportunities for children, adolescents, youth and adults in contexts of increasing internationalization. To maintain its commitment to intervention in this international scene, the RBE is adopting bilingual publication in Portuguese and English of some of its articles, in the journal's on-line version. This editorial decision, which involves increased production costs and the reformulation of the journal's administrative routines, was the result of an intense discussion in the field of scientific communication in Brazil and abroad. The RBE has been participating in this debate in multiple forums: within the educational field, we can highlight the reflection produced by the RBE Editorial Commission, at board meetings of the National Association of Graduate Studies in Education (ANPEd), and at meetings of the Forum of Journal Editors in the Field of Education (FEPAE). In the broader Brazilian scientific field, we can highlight participation at events promoted by the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and by the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors (ABEC). The objective of the bilingual publication, is evidently the internationalization of production in the field, which more than a demand of evaluation and finance agencies, represents the opportunity to circulate research results presented by RBE beyond Brazilian borders. The predominant presence of English as the lingua franca