The Business of Reforming American SchoolsFocusing on the influence of the business community on schools, this book describes how popular business management theories and production processes have been imported into schools during periods of societal upheaval in order to create a sense of order and efficiency while meeting the objective of producing a workforce that meets the specifications set down by employers. Unlike other books that say why schools need to be reformed or how that reform should proceed, this study takes a critical look at the latest call to restructure schools in light of the economic, social, and political forces that affect the education establishment and the children of our nation. |
Contents
The Tenor of the Times | 9 |
The ProEfficiency Reforms Transplant Business Methods to the Schoolhouse | 27 |
An Alternative Reform Agenda Education for Individual Development and Democracy | 49 |
Challenges to the ProEfficiency Model of Education 19611995 | 67 |
The 1960s and the Challenge to the Schools | 69 |
A Renewed Sense of Crisis and a New Management Model Spur Education Reform 19831995 | 109 |
The New Model for Efficient Education | 141 |
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