Sturges Neoliberalizing Educational Reform

America’s Quest for Profitable Market-Colonies and the Undoing of Public Good
2015
ISBN: 978-94-6209-977-7
Verlag: Sense Publishers
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Bold Visions in Educational Research

“In this era, when ‘commonsense’ in educational discourse is so deeply framed by neoliberalism, we must better understand both the uniquely situated and the insidiously interconnected nature of so-called reforms. Thank you to Keith M. Sturges and colleagues for illuminating exactly this in their important and hard-hitting new book that reveals not merely how neoliberal reforms are designed to reinforce inequity, but also how the contradictions within provide ample opportunity to collectivize and act with hope.” – Kevin Kumashiro, author of Bad Teacher!: How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture “In this important volume, editor Keith M. Sturges has taken the most useful discussions of neoliberalism and – with great precision, clarity and utility – seen them applied to the education arena. Over 13 chapters, leading education thinkers lay bare sets of realities that the broader public, school administrators, and policy makers would do well to fully understand. These range from the impact of neoliberal thinking upon chartering, parent involvement, teacher training, school climate, funding and more. I’ll be using the chapters in this text in a variety of ways. They’ll inform conversations with local, state and federal policy makers, and inform conversations with school leaders and district leaders. I’ll also be assigning the text in my graduate seminar on education policy. Finally, the chapters will inform several lectures in my undergraduate class on ‘The Promise and Peril of Public Education.’ What a gem of a volume!” – Kevin Michael Foster, Executive Director, The Institute for Community, University and School Partnerships (ICUSP)

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sturges, Keith M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Educational Reform in the Age of Neoliberalism: A Call for a Focused, Empirically-Supported, Collective Response; Section 1: Manifestations of Neoliberal Ideology in Education Policy; Farming the Poor: Cultivating Profi t at the Schoolhouse Door; (Un)Making the Neoliberal Agenda in Public Education: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Texas High School Social Studies Policy Processes; Dominating Educational Policy: The Normative Harms of Military Recruiting under NCLB; Section 2: Profiting from Higher Education & Teacher Education; “Boot Camp” Teacher Certifi cation and Neoliberal Education Reform; From Student to Steward of Democracy: Developing Teachers as Transformative Change Agents; Funding Re/De/Form in Higher Education: Diverse Points of Engagement; Section 3: Neoliberalizing Sites of Public Education; “Give Me a 3, Tell Me I’m Effective, and Leave Me Alone”: Portrait of an Urban Teacher under the Assault of Education Reform; 21st Century Learning Initiatives as a Manifestation of Neoliberalism; Cultures of Collaboration and Blame: The Complexities of Neoliberalism’s Impact on Charter School Climates; Section 4: Community & School Responses to Neoliberal Reforms; Flatlands Charter School and the Common Core: A Love Story; From Alternative Policies to Alternative Ideologies: Parent-led Education Organizing and Resistance to the Neoliberal Imaginary; Shaping and Challenging Neoliberal School Reform: How Youth Impact School Reform Politics from Their Positions in Non-Profi t Community Organizations; Authors’ Biographies; Index;