Governing the School under Three Decades of Neoliberal Reform: From Educracy to the Education-Industrial Complex

ISBN-13: 9781032237589 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 262 str.

Richard Münch

Opis

This book provides a critical analysis of the neoliberal reform agenda of the economic governance of schools. Focusing on the role of the USA in this process, it explores the transformation of schools in this agenda from educational establishments to enterprises in a competitive education market.

Spis treści

1 Introduction: The Economic Governance of the School.  2.  From the Pedagogical Establishment to the Education-Industrial Complex.  3.  No Child Left Behind? Corporate Education Reform in the United States.  4 The U.S. Education-Industrial Complex.  5 Much Reform, Little Achievement.  6. Conclusion: School and Teaching in the Trap of Neoliberal Accountability

O autorze

Richard Münch is Senior Professor of Social Theory and Comparative Macrosociology at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany.