ERIC Number: EJ1200890
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Creating Educational Destruction: A Critical Exploration of Central Neoliberal Concepts and Their Transformative Effects on Public Education
Educational Forum, v83 n1 p60-74 2019
Individualism and competition are central neoliberal concepts that have profoundly altered the U.S. public education system. This article draws on poststructuralist theory and advances the argument that these concepts have produced problematic policies and deeply flawed school choice mechanisms such as charter schools and school vouchers. I also explore how educational activists contested neoliberal ideology and reshaped reality as they defeated a neoliberal education policy in North Carolina.
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Public Education, Educational Change, Individualism, Competition, School Choice, Educational Policy, Activism, Ideology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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