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Direct linkCrawford, Andrea; Joseph, Stephen; Sellman, Edward – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2021
This article examines the potentiality, acceptability and ethical considerations of a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) for supporting pupils' mental well-being in a junior school. To date, research has predominantly focused on the psychological or behavioural benefits of MBIs rather than broader and more philosophical issues of implementation.…
Descriptors: Ethics, Metacognition, Well Being, Intervention
Pierce, Clayton – Environmental Education Research, 2015
This paper attempts to answer this question: what should ecoliteracy mean in a biocapitalist society? The author situates his analysis of this question within the general context of the neoliberal reconstruction of education in the US. Specifically, focus is given to the shared model of governmentality GE food industries and education policies…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Environmental Education, Critical Literacy, Models
Smith, Matthew David – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Advocates of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) often champion a neoliberal agenda of privatization, deregulation, the mass firings of teachers and administrators, and takeovers of schools deemed to be "failing." School takeovers are sanctioned under the No Child Left Behind Act's Corrective Action measures, in which schools…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Change, Change Strategies
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"Impact of For-Profit and Nonprofit Management on Student Achievement: The Philadelphia Intervention, 2002-2008" examined whether shifting from traditional district management to management by a for-profit or nonprofit organization improves student achievement. The study analyzed data on six cohorts of elementary and middle school…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Business, Nonprofit Organizations, School Districts
Council of the Great City Schools, 2008
The Detroit Public Schools (DPS) have been battered by substantial outside forces over the last decade. The school system was taken over by the state; its elected school board was dissolved and replaced by an appointed body; its many operating systems were privatized; its citizenry were encouraged to flee to charter schools; and its resources have…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Textbooks, State Standards
Molnar, Alex – Journal of Education Policy, 2006
This essay reviews the history of school commercialization in the USA and the forms that it has taken over time, with particular attention paid to research measuring the scope and variety of commercialization trends in US public schools. The implications of commercialization activities such as those that promote the consumption of nutritionally…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Public Education, Public Schools, Privatization
