Moral Mondays and the Defense of Public Education: The Fusion Movement against ALEC-Influenced Legislation in North Carolina

Autor/inn/en	Marshall, Catherine; Tichnor-Wagner, Ariel; Johnson, Mark
Titel	Moral Mondays and the Defense of Public Education: The Fusion Movement against ALEC-Influenced Legislation in North Carolina
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 92 (2017) 1, S.90-102 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1080/0161956X.2016.1265337
Schlagwörter	Public Education; Activism; Educational Change; Resistance to Change; Privatization; Educational Legislation; State Legislation; Neoliberalism; Lobbying; Politics of Education; Public Opinion; Case Studies; Citizen Participation; Advocacy; Interviews; Data Analysis; Beliefs; Policy Formation; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Erziehung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Bildungsreform; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Landesrecht; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Meinung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Sozialanwaltschaft; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Auswertung; Belief; Glaube; Politische Betätigung
Abstract	A barrage of pro-privatization policies that cascaded into North Carolina education statutes during the 2013-2014 legislative session helped spark a series of organized protests known as the Moral Monday Movement. Powerful and strategic policy networks, such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), have made privatization and market-based reforms a prominent feature of policies affecting education governance, the teaching profession, and more. As a result, public schools have emerged as a key focal point in the struggle to protect the institutions and activities of the public sector, with actors and organizations outside of the "inner circle" of policymaking, including professional educator organizations and citizen groups, coalescing to create counter-arenas of resistance. Yet little research to date has examined the voices and actions of the constituents shut out of the center of policymaking who oppose policies that chip away at the "public" in public education. This critical case study demonstrates how North Carolina legislative policy actions evoked the formation of a fusion social movement of citizenry dedicated to the protection of public education as part of an array of other public services and protections "under attack" by the state's governing regime. First, is described the political context that gave rise to the Moral Monday Movement and the broader pro-public education counter-network. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01