LEADER 03717nam 22004695 450 001 9910984613503321 005 20211217065530.0 010 $a9780271091518 010 $a0271091517 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271091518 035 $a(CKB)5140000000263469 035 $a(DE-B1597)600764 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271091518 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31784117 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31784117 035 $a(OCoLC)1325144096 035 $a(EXLCZ)995140000000263469 100 $a20211217h20212021 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSchool Choice and the Betrayal of Democracy $eHow Market-Based Education Reform Fails Our Communities /$fRobert Asen 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aUniversity Park, PA : $cPenn State University Press, $d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 225 0 $aRhetoric and Democratic Deliberation ;$v26 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Competing Discourses and Contrasting Visions of Education -- $t1 Democracy as a Way of Life: John Dewey?s Vision for Individuals and Their Relationships -- $t2 Markets as a Way of Life: The Friedmans? Vision for Individuals and Their Relationships -- $t3 Competition and Innovation in the Education Industry: Betsy DeVos?s Campaign for School Choice -- $t4 Growing Markets, Diminishing Democracy: The Statewide Expansion of Vouchers in Wisconsin -- $t5 Connecting Schools and Communities: Local Advocacy for Public Education -- $tConclusion: Means, Ends, and Public Education -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aEvidence shows that the increasing privatization of K?12 education siphons resources away from public schools, resulting in poorer learning conditions, underpaid teachers, and greater inequality. But, as Robert Asen reveals here, the damage that market-based education reform inflicts on society runs much deeper. At their core, these efforts are antidemocratic.Arguing that democratic communities and public education need one another, Asen examines the theory driving privatization, popularized in the neoliberalism of Milton and Rose Friedman, as well as the case for school choice promoted by former secretary of education Betsy DeVos and the controversial voucher program of former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. What Asen finds is that a market-based approach holds not just a different view of distributing education but a different vision of society. When the values of the market?choice, competition, and self-interest?shape national education, that policy produces individuals, Asen contends, with no connections to community and no obligations to one another. The result is a society at odds with democracy.Probing and thought-provoking, School Choice and the Betrayal of Democracy features interviews with local, on-the-ground advocates for public education and offers a countering vision of democratic education?one oriented toward civic relationships, community, and equality. This book is essential reading for policymakers, advocates of public education, citizens, and researchers. 410 0$aRhetoric and Democratic Deliberation Series 606 $aEDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General$2bisacsh 615 7$aEDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General. 676 $a379.111 700 $aAsen$b Robert, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01793819 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910984613503321 996 $aSchool Choice and the Betrayal of Democracy$94333829 997 $aUNINA