Challenging the popular perception that the free market can objectively ameliorate inequality and markedly improve student academic achievement, this book examines the overly positivistic rhetoric surrounding charter schools. Taking a multifocal approach, this book examines how charter schools reproduce inequality in public education. By linking charter schools to broader social issues and political economic factors, such as neoliberalism, race, and class, The Charter School Solution presents a more complete and nuanced assessment of charter schools in the context of the American public education system.
ISBN: | 9781138959569 |
Publication date: | 16th June 2016 |
Author: | Tara L Affolter, Jamel K Donnor |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 168 pages |
Series: | Routledge Research in Education |
Genres: |
Educational strategies and policy Moral and social purpose of education Urban communities Ethnic studies Sociology |