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Instrumentalist Perspectives on the "Public" in Public Education: Incentives and Purposes.
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Lubienski, Christopher – Educational Policy, 2003
Draws from the implementation of reform policies in Michigan to examine both the politics and political economy on the effects of schools as instruments for serving consumer preferences--a perspective referred to as instrumentalism. Contends that instrumentalism emphasizes individual private purposes and nonpublic forms of governance and…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Comprehensive School Reform, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics