| Description |
li, 304 p. ; 25 cm. |
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Critical constructions: studies on education and society |
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Critical constructions.
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| Contents |
Audaciously espousing hope within a torrent of hegemonic neoliberalism: the Obama educational agenda and the potential for change / Paul R. Carr, Brad J. Porfilio -- More of the same: how free market-capitalism dominates the economy and education / David Hursh -- Concocting crises to create consent: the importance of "the shock doctrine" to understanding current educational policy / Virginia Lea -- Educational hope ignored under Obama: the persistent failure of crisis discourse and utopian expectations / P.L. Thomas -- Competing definitions of hope in Obama's education marketplace: media representations of school reform, equality, and social justice / Rebecca A. Goldstein ... [et al.] -- Charting a new course for public education through charter schools: where is Obama taking us? / Mary Christianakis, Richard Mora -- Manufactured consent: Latino/a themed charter schools, in whose interests? / Theresa Montaņo, Lynne Aoki -- Whose schools are these anyway: American dream or nightmare? Countering the corporate takeover of schools in California / Roberta Ahlquist -- Obama, escucha! Estamos en la lucha! Challenging neoliberalism in Los Angeles schools / Theresa Montano -- Standardized teacher performance assessment: Obama/Duncan's quick fix for what they think it is that ails us / Ann Berlak -- The political economy of educational restructuring: on the origin of performance pay and Obama's "blueprint" for education / Mark Garrison -- The education agenda is a war agenda: connecting reason to power and power to resistance / Rich Gibson, E. Wayne Ross -- Connecting communities and schools: accountability in the post-NCLB era / Tina Wagle, Paul Theobald -- If there is anyone out there / Peter McLaren -- Working the contradictions: the Obama administration's educational policy, and democracy will come / Dennis Carlson. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Obama, Barack.
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Government aid to education.
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Neoliberalism.
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| Added Author |
Carr, Paul R.
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Porfilio, Bradley J.
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Ross, E. Wayne, 1956-
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| ISBN |
9781617354519 (hardcover) |
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1617354511 (hardcover) |
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9781617354502 (pbk.) |
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1617354503 (pbk.) |
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