Education and the Commercial Mindset - Couverture rigide

Abrams, Samuel E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674049179 ISBN 13 : 9780674049178

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2016

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Lucid, thorough, and balanced, Education and the Commercial Mindset is a riveting analysis of current education policy and how we got here. It will serve as an invaluable resource for policymakers involved in urban school reform."--David Rogers, author of 110 Livingston Street

"[An] outstanding book.--Valerie Strauss Washington Post (05/23/2015)

"In Education and the Commercial Mindset, Abrams provides a detailed, informative and insightful account of the rise and fall of The Edison Project, as a case study of for-profit schools Abrams demonstrates that for-profit schools have no incentives to consider long term educational or social goals. Obsessed with achievement metrics that might persuade consumers to purchase their product, they often exclude students with cognitive, emotional or behavioral problems. Or with failing grades Running schools like businesses won t solve the problem, Samuel Abrams makes clear."--Glenn C. Altschuler Huffington Post (06/02/2016)

"Abrams describes eloquently the disconnect between the optimism underlying for-profit companies efforts to improve urban education and the realities that their schools faced. He also describes the history of KIPP charters, their accomplishments, and the limits of the KIPP model as a strategy for improving the life chances of urban children growing up in low-income families."--Richard J. Murnane, co-author of Restoring Opportunity

"Abrams's book is the best, most insightful and comprehensive analysis of the modern-day efforts to manage schools like businesses. It is beautifully written and documented with careful research."--Diane Ravitch, author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System

"Abrams provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the private sector s foray into public education. His analysis of Edison Schools, an educational management organization, demonstrates why private sector practices may easily be applied to purchasing scheduling software or contracting bus service, but why they cannot be easily applied to the management of schools where the purpose and process of education is much more complex and opaque. He also examines charter school organizations, the use of publicly funded vouchers for students to attend private schools in Chile and Sweden, and the application of business practices to schools in Finland. Altogether, Abrams makes a compelling case on the limits of private sector practices in public education."--Russell W. Rumberger, author of Dropping Out

"Grounded in meticulous research in Finland and Sweden as well as the United States, Education and the Commercial Mindset is a bracing assessment of contemporary education reform and its consequences. --Pasi Sahlberg, author of Finnish Lessons

[An] outstanding book. --Carol Burris"Washington Post" (05/23/2015)

"In Education and the Commercial Mindset, Abrams provides a detailed, informative and insightful account of the rise and fall of The Edison Project, as a case study of for-profit schools Abrams demonstrates that for-profit schools have no incentives to consider long term educational or social goals. Obsessed with achievement metrics that might persuade consumers to purchase their product, they often exclude students with cognitive, emotional or behavioral problems. Or with failing grades Running schools like businesses won t solve the problem, Samuel Abrams makes clear." --Glenn C. Altschuler Huffington Post (06/02/2016)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

America's commitment to public schooling once seemed unshakable. But today the movement to privatize K-12 education is robust. Samuel Abrams examines the rise of market forces in public education and reveals how a commercial mindset has taken over. For decades, Milton Friedman and his disciples contended that private markets could deliver better schooling than governments. In the 1990s, this belief was put to the test by Edison Schools and other for-profit educational management organizations (EMOs). Edison grew rapidly, running schools in cities across the country. Yet disappointing academic and financial outcomes soon pushed the company and its competitors to the margins. The focus of EMOs on results nevertheless found expression in federal policy and defined the ethos of nonprofit charter management organizations (CMOs) like KIPP that surfaced in their wake. But CMOs' dependence on philanthropists, tireless teachers, and students capable of abiding by rigid expectations limits their reach. Abrams argues that while the commercial mindset sidesteps fundamental challenges, public schools should adopt lessons from the business world. Citing foreign practices, he recommends raising teacher salaries to attract and retain talent, conferring educators more autonomy to build ownership, and employing sampling techniques rather than universal assessments to gauge student progress.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0674049179
• ISBN 13: 9780674049178
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432