03473nam 2200625Ia 450 991081674260332120240417042017.00-7914-8732-61-4175-0088-3(CKB)111087027856376(OCoLC)61367629(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594884(SSID)ssj0000176180(PQKBManifestationID)11179533(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176180(PQKBWorkID)10223478(PQKB)10488556(MiAaPQ)EBC3408551(OCoLC)54770706(MdBmJHUP)muse5969(Au-PeEL)EBL3408551(CaPaEBR)ebr10594884(DE-B1597)681505(DE-B1597)9780791487327(EXLCZ)9911108702785637620020605d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe ideology of education[electronic resource] the commonwealth, the market, and America's schools /Kevin B. Smith1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20031 online resource (213 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5645-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-190) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ideology and Education -- Education and the Economy -- Education and Equality of Opportunity -- Institutional Structure and Educational Goals -- Institutional Structure and Educational Goals -- Education as Ideology -- Notes -- Methodological Appendix -- References -- IndexAdvocates of market-based education reforms (including such policies as choice, charters, vouchers, and outright privatization) argue that they represent ready solutions to clearly defined problems. Critics of market models, on the other hand, argue that these reforms misperceive the purposes of public education and threaten its democratic ethos. This book explores both the promises and pitfalls of market forces—their potential to improve the quality of public education and their compatibility with its republican justifications. Smith argues that although market models of education are not without utilitarian merit, their potential to alter the social-democratic purposes of education is seriously underestimated. He supports this claim with a series of sophisticated analyses of the key assumptions underlying these models, and by examining the normative elements of theory and methodology that can—and often do—skew empirical policy analysis toward market preferences. He concludes that market reforms are not just a ready means to effectively address the problems of public schooling but rather represent a clear attempt to ideologically redefine its ends.Privatization in educationUnited StatesEducationPolitical aspectsUnited StatesDemocracyUnited StatesPrivatization in educationEducationPolitical aspectsDemocracy379.1/11Smith Kevin B.1963-1410442MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816742603321The ideology of education4107906UNINA