Assault on Public Education Confronting the Politics of Corporate School Reform

Name: Assault on Public Education Confronting the Politics of Corporate School Reform
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ISBN: 9780807752548

ISBN-10: 0807752541

ISBN-13: 9780807752548

Edition: 2011

Authors: William H. Watkins, Michael W. Apple, William. Ayers, Therese Quinn

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In this timely interdisciplinary volume, William Watkins has brought together leading scholars and activists to address some of the most urgent issues facing public education. What is underneath and behind the language of choice, efficiency, and improvement in current neoliberal discourse? How will urban and poor populations be affected? Will privatization lead to increased stratification in our schools? How can public education not only be saved but re-imagined? In accessible language, renowned contributors explore and critique corporate school reform to both inform and serve as an organizing tool for teachers, parents, students, and citizens committed to genuine public education.

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 10/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

William Ayers is Professor at the College of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago. His recent publications include Race Course Against White Supremacy (with Bernadine Dohrn) and the Handbook of Social Justice in Education (with Therese Quinn and David Stovall).

Therese Quinn is Associate Professor of Art Education at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her recent publications include Flaunting It! Queers Organizing for Public Education and Justice and the Handbook of Social Justice in Education.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction




The New Social Order: An Educator Looks at Economics, Politics, and Race




Neoliberal Urbanism, Race, and Urban School Reform




The Rise of Venture Philanthropy and the Ongoing Neoliberal Assault on Public Education: The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation




Test Today, Privatize Tomorrow: Using Accountability to "Reform" Public Schools to Death




The Neoliberal Agenda and the Response of Teachers Unions




The Role of the Religious Right in Restructuring Education




Resuscitating Bad Science: Eugenics Past and Present




"It's All About the Dollars": Charter Schools, Educational Policy, and the Racial Market in New Orleans




Re-Imagining Public Education



About the Editor and the Contributors


Index