LEADER 04990nam 22007935 450 001 9911021971903321 005 20260120204920.0 010 $a9783031943546 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-94354-6 035 $a(CKB)40420332800041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32271552 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32271552 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-94354-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9940420332800041 100 $a20250826d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEducation Censorship $eElite Capture of the Public Educational System /$fby Brandon D. Mitchell 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (257 pages) 225 1 $aEducation Series 311 08$a9783031943539 327 $aPart I. Historical Background and Educational Overview -- Chapter 1. Historical and Contemporary Education Context -- Chapter 2. Education Censorship: Timeline of Key Events -- Part II. Research on Networks, Policy; Media and School Boards,- Chapter 3. The Policy Impact of Education Censorship Since 2020 -- Chapter 4. Shifting Paradigms, Progressive Scholarship, and Education Censorship -- Chapter 5. Media Influence Part I: The Justifications for Censorship -- Chapter 6. Media Influence Part II: Analysis of Mainstream News Coverage -- Chapter 7. School Board Influence -- Part III. Implications and Alternatives -- Chapter 8. Toward Theory of Educational Capture -- Chapter 9. Explanations of Education Censorship -- Chapter 10. The Effects of Education Censorship on Society and Schools -- Chapter 11. Toward Solutions and Unity. 330 $aThis is a critical read to understand how well-funded operatives are working to decimate public education. Mitchell?s discussion of how right-wing messaging is transmitted down from right-wing think tanks through billionaire funded Astroturf activist groups to locals repeating the message at school board meetings. Lost in all this are the best interests of Americans students ?Maurice T. Cunningham, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA and author of Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization This book encompasses a historical approach to understanding the trends of education censorship. The author examines how we got here, exploring network influences, the inextricable role of the mainstream media in manufacturing social and political divides, the policy impact of censorship, and the implications on schools and youth development. Analysis includes the legislative efforts to undermine Critical Race Theory, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Social-Emotional Learning, as well as the trends to restrict youth rights, including trans and gender-expansive rights related to gender-affirming care, sports bans, and restroom bans. Subsequent chapters provide an overview of the educational system, trends of neoliberalism, standards-based movement, inequities, punitive disciplinary systems ? contextualized by the strengths and limitations of the progressive reform movement. Weaving together the effects of the neoliberal education movement, the relationship to education censorship, and the unique connections to political polarization ? can help to re-orient us toward solutions, unity, and healing. Brandon D. Mitchell, PhD, MSW is Assistant Professor of Social Work in The Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA, USA. 410 0$aEducation Series 606 $aSchools 606 $aSchool psychology 606 $aEducation$xHistory 606 $aCulture$xStudy and teaching 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aSchool and Schooling 606 $aSchool Psychology 606 $aHistory of Education 606 $aCultural Theory 606 $aCultural History 606 $aPsicologia escolar$2thub 606 $aHistòria de l'educació$2thub 606 $aPolítica educativa$2thub 606 $aDesigualtat social$2thub 606 $aControl social$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aSchools. 615 0$aSchool psychology. 615 0$aEducation$xHistory. 615 0$aCulture$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 14$aSchool and Schooling. 615 24$aSchool Psychology. 615 24$aHistory of Education. 615 24$aCultural Theory. 615 24$aCultural History. 615 7$aPsicologia escolar 615 7$aHistòria de l'educació 615 7$aPolítica educativa 615 7$aDesigualtat social 615 7$aControl social 676 $a371 700 $aMitchell$b Brandon D$01845328 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911021971903321 996 $aEducation Censorship$94429190 997 $aUNINA