Neoliberalizing Educational Reform

America's Quest for Profitable Market-Colonies and the Undoing of Public Good

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Educational Reform in the Age of Neoliberalism
A Call for a Focused, Empirically-Supported, Collective Response
Pages: 1–19
Farming the Poor
Cultivating Profit at the Schoolhouse Door
Pages: 21–51
(Un)Making the Neoliberal Agenda in Public Education
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Texas High School Social Studies Policy Processes
Pages: 53–77
Dominating Educational Policy
The Normative Harms of Military Recruiting under NCLB
Pages: 79–98
From Student to Steward of Democracy
Developing Teachers as Transformative Change Agents
Pages: 123–147
“Give Me a 3, Tell Me I’m Effective, and Leave Me Alone”
Portrait of an Urban Teacher under the Assault of Education Reform
Pages: 183–212
Cultures of Collaboration and Blame
The Complexities of Neoliberalism’s Impact on Charter School Climates
By: Mary Roaf
Pages: 239–263
From Alternative Policies to Alternative Ideologies
Parent-led Education Organizing and Resistance to the Neoliberal Imaginary
Pages: 293–319
Shaping and Challenging Neoliberal School Reform
How Youth Impact School Reform Politics from Their Positions in Non-Profit Community Organizations
Pages: 321–336
Index
Pages: 341–344
“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)
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