A Cinderella or a Princess? The Italian School Between Practices and Reforms

What has really happened in the Italian schools in the last few years? One of the main issues for the Italian school is to answer a series of seemingly simple questions: what is the improvement in the performance of students and teachers brought about by these reforms? Do these reforms contribute to improve the students’ learning abilities? Do these reforms make the school better? The objective of the contribution is to closely examine the effects of the school reforms ten years after the beginning of the Autonomy season, by focusing on the daily practices performed by many Italian schools.