The decline in educational standards. From a public good to a quasi-monopoly.

Autor/in	Williams, James D.
Titel	The decline in educational standards. From a public good to a quasi-monopoly.
Quelle	Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (2019), ix, 293 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-4758-4136-7; 978-1-4758-4137-4
Schlagwörter	Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsmonopol; Intelligenztest; Bildungsstandards; Bildungssystem; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsertrag; Öffentliche Schule; College; Begabung; Konservatismus; Liberalismus; Neoliberalismus; Privatisierung; Ökonomisierung; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Berufschance; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulabschluss; USA
Abstract	This book examines the various issues associated with commodification and education, especially neoliberalism-what it is, how it developed, and how it has affected education and public policy. [It argues] that neoliberalism and the related socioeconomic shift to what is called "debt-based consumerism" are at the center of commodification. [It also argues] that we cannot understand the changes in public- and higher-education systems without examining the social, historical economic, and political factors that have essentially created a United States that is significantly different from what it was in the not-so-distant past. Understanding the commodification of education and the associated decline it educational standards requires examining the factors that brought us to this. We cannot separate education from the socioeconomic and political forces that shaped American society. The path of history is convoluted, so [the] narrative necessarily touches on a range of events related to the economics and the politics education. At the heart of this narrative is the perennial conflict between collectivism and individualism and between classical liberalism and conservatism. The Decline in Educational Standards examines not only the issue of social justice but also the significant socioeconomic factors associated with commodification. (Orig.). Contents: Liberalism and conservatism: some characteristics -- The industrial revolution -- Socialist stirrings -- John Maynard Keynes and economic theory -- The Great Depression -- Keynesian economics and the road to serfdom -- The 1970s inflation -- Debt-based consumer capitalism and taxation -- Debt-based consumerism and a mountain of debt -- Too big to fail -- The common school movement -- Meeting the educational needs in a diverse society -- Intelligence testing -- Academic tracking -- Criticisms of IQ testing and tracking -- The effects of the proximate environment on IQ and academic performance -- The commodification of education -- Federal control through federal funding -- Parental satisfaction and student performance -- Charter schools, vouchers, and politics -- How did we get here? -- Following the money -- Education and the end of poverty -- Higher education in a privatized-Keynesian world -- The democratization of higher education -- The gainful employment rule and tacit collusion -- Declining public confidence and the politicized faculty -- Neoliberalism, priviatized Keynesianism, and the debt bomb -- Rethinking public education -- Egalitarianism and the drive for equal outcomes -- Reforming the nation's education system.
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2020/1