Global Education Reform

How Privatization and Public Investment Influence Education Outcomes

Frank Adamson, Bjorn Astrand, Linda Darling-Hammond, Frank Adamson, Bjorn Astrand, Linda Darling-Hammond

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781138930568
• eBook ISBN: 9781317396956
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

With contributions from Linda Darling-Hammond, Michael Fullan, Pasi Sahlberg, and Martin Carnoy, Global Education Reform is an eye-opening analysis of national educational reforms and the types of high-achieving systems needed to serve all students equitably. The collection documents the ideologically and educationally distinctive approaches countries around the world have taken to structuring their education systems. Focusing on three pairs of case studies written by internationally acclaimed experts, the book provides a powerful analysis of the different ends of an ideological spectrum----from strong state investments in public education to market-based approaches.

An introductory chapter offers an overview of the theories guiding both neoliberal reforms such as those implemented in Chile, Sweden and the United States with efforts to build strong and equitable public education systems as exemplified by Cuba, Finland and Canada. The pairs of case studies that follow examine the historical evolution of education within an individual country and compare and contrast national educational outcomes. A concluding chapter dissects the educational outcomes of the differing economic and governance approaches, as well as the policy implications.

Index

• Academedia (school company) 84, 203
• access to education 222–3, see also exclusion strategies, schools
• “adequate yearly progress” (AYP) 137
• admissions standards, schools 150–5, 221–2
• Africa 51
• African Americans 133, 139, 141, 151, 155, 207
• Aguirre, Pedro Cerda 23
• Allende, Salvador 6, 20, 23–4, 198
• alternative charter schools 154
• assessment see student assessment/performance
• Australia 116–17
• autonomy of teachers 65, 69, 90, 128–9
• Aylwin, Patricio 31, 34
• AYP see “adequate yearly progress”

• Bachellet, Michelle 201
• Bitar, Sergio 17
• Blair, Tony 178
• Böhlmark, A. 92
• Brazil
  • child workers 54
  • income distribution 55
  • maths curriculum 57–8
  • PISA scores 56
  • public education 69
  • student performance 56
  • teaching profession 62–6
• Bush, George W. 136–8

• CAE see State-Guaranteed Student Loan Program
• California, charter schools 143, 207
• Canada 4–5, 169–93, 215–18
  • Education Quality Improvement Act 176
  • funding of education 171, 176, 215–17
  • and GERM model 12–13
  • PISA scores 196
  • political context 170–2
  • privatization 169–70
  • student assessment/performance 172–5, 177, 180, 189, 197, 216, see also Ontario, Canada
• Carter, Jimmy 133
• Center for Education Reform (CER) 159
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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Privatization or Public Investment? A Global Question
• Chile: A Long-Term Neoliberal Experiment and its Impact on the Quality and Equity of Education
• Four Keys to Cuba’s Provision of High Quality Public Education
• From Citizens Into Consumers: The Transformation of Democratic Ideals into School Markets in Sweden
• The Finnish Paradox: Equitable Public Education Within a Competitive Market Economy
• The Critical Choice in American Education: Privatization or Public Investment?
• Developing High-Quality Public Education in Canada: The Case of Ontario
• Privatization and Public Investment: Is the Invisible Hand a Magic Wand?
• Index
• Backcover Page