Eric Shyman

Reclaiming Our Children, Reclaiming Our Schools

Reversing Privatization and Recovering Democracy in America's Public Schools

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Produktbeschreibung

Reclaiming Our Children, Reclaiming our Schools offers both a comprehensive censure of the current corporate interest in privatizing public schooling as well as a framework for attaining meaningful education reform based in democracy and the combined will of the public. Using current research and sound philosophical and ethical arguments, Shyman argues for more attention to be paid to teacher expertise, participatory democratic practices, genuine valuation of ethnic and cultural diversity, attention to global citizenship and cooperation, and the prevention of private profit-based interests in public schooling policy and practice. By returning the power of the public school to the public and the true experts, public schools can become the most important tool in securing genuine cultural growth leading to a stronger, safer and more cooperative nation and world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781475829891
• ISBN-10: 1475829892
• Artikelnr.: 45639836

Autorenporträt

Eric Shyman is an assistant professor of Child Study at St. Joseph's College on Long Island, New York. He received his doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Chapter 1 - How We Got Here: Education Reform in a
Nutshell Chapter 2 - Meeting the Real Standards: Assimilation and the
Middle Class Ethic Chapter 3 - Public Peril and Corporate Promise: Civil
Rights, School Choice and the Panacea of Privatization Chapter 4 - One
Nation Under Corporatization: The Government and The Lucrative Neoliberal
Market Chapter 5 - Building a Foundation for Fabrication: The Rise of the
Charter School and Its Tacit Failure to Deliver Chapter 6 - Local Kids,
Local Control: Crafting the Decentralization of Schooling Across the World
Chapter 7 - Real Value Added: Truly Respecting Teachers and Educationists
in Education Reform Policymaking Chapter 8 - Appreciation, Education,
Innovation: The Finnish Example of Teacher Preparation and Training Chapter
9 - Power without Dominance: The Governance of Schools through Democratic
Participatory and Expert Decision Making Processes Chapter 10 - Letting the
Teachers Teach: Nurturing Respect and Trust For Teachers and the Teaching
Profession Chapter 11 - Citizenship: A Local and Global Necessity for a
True Value to Schooling Chapter 12 - A Place for Everyone: Culturally
Responsive Teaching Chapter 13 - Real Partnerships, Real Choice: Uniting
Students, Teachers, and Parents to Effect Genuine Community Investment
Chapter 14 - Building the School to Society Pipeline: A Strong Public
School System as an Alternative to Mass Incarceration Chapter 15 - The
Parameters of Earnestness: Essential Elements for True Change Bibliography