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Direct linkTierney, William G. – SUNY Press, 2021
Democracy and higher education are inextricably linked: universities not only have the ability to be key arbiters of how democracy is advanced, but they also need to reflect democratic values in their practices, objectives, and goals. Framed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing crisis of structural racism, "Higher Education for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Democracy, College Role, Universities
Anderson, Gary L.; Cohen, Michael Ian – Teachers College Press, 2018
How do market-driven reforms and the privatization of public education reshape the professional identities of teachers and school leaders? This timely and accessible book examines two waves of business influence that created models of schooling that are out of touch with the experiences of students, the professional expertise of teachers, and the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Privatization, Democracy, Democratic Values
Shapiro, Arthur – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2018
Although in plain sight daily, a highly successful war against the public schools has been hidden in the shadows of public consciousness. Only very recently have several people written articles about this war, with the only book calling it a war being written in 2002. Neither the public nor educators have become aware of the far-reaching extent…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Public Education, Politics of Education, Educational Change
Macrine, Sheila L., Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
This book provides comprehensive analyses of issues related to the struggle against the forces of imperial-induced privatization, not just in education, but in all of social life. It situates Critical Pedagogy in the twenty-first century and offers not only critiques but also practical applications, suggestions, and strategies on how attacks can…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Privatization, Social Life, Democracy
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
Waggoner, Michael D., Ed.; Walker, Nathan C., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2018
From the founding of Harvard College in 1636 as a mission for training young clergy to the landmark 1968 Supreme Court decision in "Epperson v. Arkansas," which struck down the state's ban on teaching evolution in schools, religion and education in the United States have been inextricably linked. Still today new fights emerge over the…
Descriptors: Religion, Public Schools, Parochial Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Giroux, Henry A. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
"Education and the Crisis of Public Values" examines American society's shift away from democratic public values, the ensuing move toward a market-driven mode of education, and the last decade's growing social disinvestment in youth. The book discusses the number of ways that the ideal of public education as a democratic public sphere has been…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Charter Schools, Democracy, Public School Teachers
Watkins, William H., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2011
In this timely interdisciplinary volume, William Watkins has brought together leading scholars and activists to address some of the most urgent issues facing public education. What is underneath and behind the language of choice, efficiency, and improvement in current neoliberal discourse? How will urban and poor populations be affected? Will…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Change, Politics of Education, Public Policy
Lipman, Pauline – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Urban education and its contexts have changed in powerful ways. Old paradigms are being eclipsed by global forces of privatization and markets and new articulations of race, class, and urban space. These factors and more set the stage for Pauline Lipman's insightful analysis of the relationship between education policy and the neoliberal economic,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Urban Schools, Privatization, Democracy
Saltman, Kenneth J. – Paradigm Publishers, 2007
Breaking new ground in studies of business involvement in schooling, this book dissects the most powerful educational reforms and highlights their relationship to the rise of powerful think tanks and business groups. Over the past several decades, there has been a strong movement to privatize public schooling through business ventures. At the…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Politics of Education, Federal Legislation, Public Education
Gabbard, David A., Ed.; Ross, E. Wayne, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2008
This highly acclaimed volume in the "Defending Public Schools" series is now available in paperback from Teachers College Press. It is a practical, necessary addition to the work of administrators, teachers, policymakers, and parents as they negotiate the difficult path of how to best teach and educate today's children and youth. This…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Privatization, Federal Legislation
