Demythologizing educational reforms : responses to the political and corporate takeover of education /
There are many myths surrounding today's educational reform movement. These include the belief that student achievement is responsible for our economy's success, that there are great numbers of deficient teachers, that testing represents knowledge, and that the market values of privatizati...
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New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Series: | Routledge research in education policy and politics;
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Demythologizing educational reforms: 30 years since 'A nation at risk' / Arthur T. Costigan
- 2. The neoliberal myth: narrative resistance to democratic education / Bryan Metcalfe
- 3. Class struggle and education: neoliberalism, (neo)-conservatism, and the capitalist assault on public education: a Marxist analysis / Dave Hill
- 4. Debunking the myth of standardized education to promote equity and rigor / Debra A. Root
- 5. An inquiry into the myth of neutrality: curriculum and pedagogy in an age of terrorism / Jessica A. Heybach
- 6. Deceptive data: how the corporate reform movement uses standardized tests to achieve the neoliberal agenda / David Hursh
- 7. Behind the Common Core Standards movement: OECD's PISA and global education policy / Richard D. Lakes
- 8. Charter schools: appearance versus essence / Shawgi Tell
- 9. The myth of preparation and the futility of teacher education programs / Eric C. Sheffield
- 10. From K to EdD: understanding the cycle of compliance and teacher education's complicity in neoliberal school reform / David Gabbard
- Afterword: implications and discussion / Leslee Grey.