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The Militarization and the Privatization of Public Schools
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Galaviz, Brian; Palafox, Jesus; Meiners, Erica R.; Quinn, Therese – Berkeley Review of Education, 2011
This article offers a case study of the militarization of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). First, we portray the landscape of militarization of education through the example of Chicago Public Schools. Second, we situate the militarization of schools within the current charter school movement. Third, we explain the impact of militarization on…
Descriptors: Privatization, Public Schools, Case Studies, Charter Schools
The 26th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes toward the Public Schools.
Elam, Stanley M.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
According to the 26th annual Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup Poll, the growth of fighting/violence/gangs and poor discipline are the most serious problems facing today's schools. Parents rate their community schools highly but assign only passing grades to the nation's schools. Most favor character education and President Clinton's education initiatives…
Descriptors: Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Multicultural Education
Gambling with the Future of Public Education: Risk, Discipline, and the Moralizing of Educational Politics in Corporate Media
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Saltman, Kenneth – Policy Futures in Education, 2007
This article discusses how representations of individual discipline and risk-taking in mass media inform the broader public discourses about public education and the public sector generally. Such representations and narratives about individual discipline and risk-taking often function in mass media as moral imperatives of consumer culture. Such…
Descriptors: Discipline, Public Sector, Politics of Education, Mass Media