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Globalization, Privatization, and the State: Contemporary Education Reform in Post-Colonial Contexts. Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
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Edwards, D. Brent, Jr.; Moschetti, Mauro C.; Caravaca, Alejandro – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2022
This text explores how the dynamics of globalization and privatization have influenced State policy and impacted education reform in Honduras. It makes the argument that understanding education reform in post-colonial contexts requires that scholars go beyond a surface-level description of such trends as privatization to consider, in addition, the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Postcolonialism, Guidelines, Privatization
English for Academic Purposes: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future. New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Douglas E. Bell – Multilingual Matters, 2024
Since its inception in the 1960s, the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has enjoyed a period of almost continual expansion and growth and now represents a multi-million dollar industry worldwide. This book provides readers with a critical and comprehensive overview of EAP's birth, its historical development and its ongoing trajectory,…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Privatization
Critical Transformative Educational Leadership and Policy Studies -- A Reader: Discussions and Solutions from the Leading Voices in Education
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Paraskeva, João M., Ed. – Myers Education Press, 2021
"Critical Transformative Educational Leadership and Policy Studies - A Reader" is a comprehensive collection of critical contributions from most of the leading voices in the fields of educational leadership and educational policy studies, pushing back against the current neoliberal authoritarian environment. The volume offers alternative…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Educational Policy, Neoliberalism
Betsy DeVos's Education Reform Agenda: What Principals--and Their Publics--Need to Know
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Kaplan, Leslie S.; Owings, William A. – NASSP Bulletin, 2018
Betsy DeVos, the new U.S. Secretary of Education, has a reform agenda to advance school choice. Her track record includes enabling charter school growth in Michigan at taxpayers' expense with little oversight or accountability. Although an effective advocate, DeVos represents a broader policy movement to privatize American education, much of it…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Policy, Advocacy, Privatization
IDRA Newsletter. Volume 47, No. 8
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Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2020
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Education Policy." Contents include: (1) Legislative Sessions Constrained by…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, State Policy, State Legislation
Principled Resistance: How Teachers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas
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Santoro, Doris A., Ed.; Cain, Lizabeth, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
"Principled Resistance: How Teachers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas" brings together senior scholars and activist teachers to explore the concept of resistance as a necessary response to mandates that conflict with their understanding of quality teaching. The book provides vivid examples of the pedagogical, professional, and democratic…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Ethics, Teacher Attitudes