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Waite, Duncan; Arambula, Heriberto – Education and Society, 2020
In this post-truth era, public education--and education more generally--appears to be under attack. In the US, the numbers who forsake a public education for either home schooling, or for for-profit or charter schools, are increasing. Public schools are closing with more rapidity, especially in the urban areas of the US. Conservative legislators…
Descriptors: Public Education, Role of Education, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Waite, Duncan; Swisher, Jason R. – Education and Society, 2017
In this essay, the authors discuss the ecologies of teachers and administrators, examining the historical relationships between workers and organizations. Exploring matters of affinity, loyalty, privilege, cowardice, corruption, and oppression, the authors illustrate how leaders have used and continue to use positional advantages to overtly,…
Descriptors: Teachers, Administrators, Work Environment, Organizational Culture
Waite, Duncan – Education and Society, 2013
Recent advances in our thinking about thinking are brought to bear here in our thinking about school improvement. Some ways in which our thinking hobbles education and educational leadership include: a results bias, a quantification bias, attribution of causality, substitution and intensity matching, predispositions, a confirmation bias, premature…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Accountability, Thinking Skills, Language Usage
Waite, Duncan – Education and Society, 2011
The article examines universities and their role in the global economy. It is argued that university professors, instead of being thought of as 'merchants of light' are compelled to become increasingly more entrepreneurial in the current climate of marketisation, profit maximisation, and global competitiveness.
Descriptors: College Role, Universities, College Faculty, Teacher Role