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Neoliberalizing Educational Reform

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

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Keith M. Sturges
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  • This volume examines the neoliberal crisis at the macro-level (policy and economic), the local level (of communities and educators), and the personal (the reflexive work of the contributing authors).

Part of the book series: Bold Visions in Educational Research (BVER)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  3. Manifestations of Neoliberal Ideology in Education Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Farming the Poor

      • Caitlin Howley, Craig Howley
      Pages 23-51

    3. (Un)Making the Neoliberal Agenda in Public Education

      • Melinda A. Lemke
      Pages 53-77

    4. Dominating Educational Policy

      • Brian W. Lagotte, Quentin Wheeler-Bell
      Pages 79-98

  4. Profiting From Higher Education & Teacher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. “Boot Camp” Teacher Certification and Neoliberal Education Reform

      • Kysa Nygreen, Barbara Madeloni, Jennifer Cannon
      Pages 101-121

    3. From Student to Steward of Democracy

      • Steven M. Hart, James Mullooly
      Pages 123-147

    4. Funding Re/De/Form in Higher Education

      • Stephanie Daza, Sharon Subreenduth, Jeong-Eun Rhee, Michelle Proctor
      Pages 149-182

  5. Neoliberalizing Sites of Public Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. “Give Me A 3, Tell Me I’M Effective, and Leave Me Alone”

      • Jeanne Cameron
      Pages 185-212

    3. 21st Century Learning Initiatives as a Manifestation of Neoliberalism

      • Jean A. Patterson
      Pages 213-237

    4. Cultures of Collaboration and Blame

      • Mary Roaf
      Pages 239-263

  6. Community & School Responses to Neoliberal Reforms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265
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    2. Flatlands Charter School and the Common Core

      • Aurora Chang
      Pages 267-291

    3. From Alternative Policies to Alternative Ideologies

      • Liza N. Pappas
      Pages 293-319

    4. Shaping and Challenging Neoliberal School Reform

      • Hava Rachel Gordon
      Pages 321-336

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 337-344
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About this book

“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)

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neoliberalizing Educational Reform

  • Book Subtitle: America’s Quest for Profitable Market-Colonies and the Undoing of Public Good

  • Editors: Keith M. Sturges

  • Series Title: Bold Visions in Educational Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-977-7

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-977-7Published: 27 February 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 344

  • Topics: Education, general

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