NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Neo-Liberal Influences in a 'Conservative' Regime: The Role of Institutions, Family Strategies, and Market Devices in Transition to Higher Education in France
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
van Zanten, Agnès – Comparative Education, 2019
This article focuses on the interplay between institutional arrangements, family strategies, and market devices in the transition to higher education (HE) in France with a view to documenting both persistent features of the French 'conservative' educational regime and recent changes, in particular those related to neo-liberal influences. Using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Politics of Education, Institutional Characteristics
The Charter School Solution: Distinguishing Fact from Rhetoric. Routledge Research in Education
Direct linkDirect link
Affolter, Tara L., Ed.; Donner, Jamel K., Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2018
Challenging the popular perception that the free market can objectively ameliorate inequality and markedly improve student academic achievement, this book examines the overly positivistic rhetoric surrounding charter schools. Taking a multifocal approach, this book examines how charter schools reproduce inequality in public education. By linking…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Public Education
The Southern Manifesto as Education Policy in Mississippi
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Luckett, Robert, Jr. – Journal of School Choice, 2016
In 1956, southern Congressmen signed the Southern Manifesto, rejecting the Supreme Court's "Brown v. Board of Education" ruling. This moment, in the general American consciousness, marked the rise of White massive resistance to Black advancement, a racist foray doomed to be swept aside by civil rights forces and a determined federal…
Descriptors: Position Papers, State Policy, Racial Discrimination, Court Litigation