| Struggle for Control of Public Education Contributor(s): Engel, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566397413 ISBN-13: 9781566397414 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: Unprecedented in its value-based challenge to the threat of market ideology on educational policy, The Struggle for Control of Public Education is a sophisticated call for a return to community controlled schools and democratic values. This argument offers theoretical and practical models crafted in the contemporary feminist and social reconstructionist tradition. Readers interested in the study of educational policies, philosophy, and policy will find this book engaging. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
| Dewey: 371.010 |
| LCCN: 99034615 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.41" W x 8.11" (0.58 lbs) 223 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Those making decisions about education today argue that market strategies promote democratic educational reform, when really they promote market reform of education. Michael Engel argues against this tendency, siding with democratic values and calls for a return to community-controlled schools. |
