Christopher A. Lubienski and Sarah T. Lubienski, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVANTAGE Michael Fabricant and Michelle Fine, THE CHANGING POLITICS OF EDUCATION Derek Bok, UNIVERSITIES IN THE MARKETPLACE Frank Donoghue, THE LAST PROFESSORS Andrew Delbanco, COLLEGE: WHAT IT WAS, IS, AND SHOULD BE Jane Smiley, MOO Topics Covered – K-12 Schools, Equality, and American Society The Social Burden of American Public Schools Race and Poverty Reading - Kozol Schools as Public Goods Private schools Schools as Political Targets Civic Education Curriculum What is to be taught? – Reform as Political Agenda Historical and origin of schools WWI and Progressivism The Cold War and Sputnik Schools and the Discovery of Poverty the Great Society – The Right Wing Backlash Accountability, Charter Schools and – Privatization Standardized Testing what does it do? – Demonizing and Firing Teachers The Common Core Reading - Ravitch Improving Schools Schools as One-Stop, Full Service Centers Eliminate poverty Why Not? – HIGHER EDUCATION What for? What is/are the purpose(s) of higher education? What is the “college experience?? Why do students have to jump thru so many hoops to get a degree? Preparing for what? College and the after-college life The Corporatization of Higher education Reading Tuchman or Washburn – Digital higher education is the University of Phoenix the model of the future? – Is there a point to going to campus, or can you get a college education sitting in your bathrobe at home?
Christopher A. Lubienski and Sarah T. Lubienski, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVANTAGE Michael Fabricant and Michelle Fine, THE CHANGING POLITICS OF EDUCATION Derek Bok, UNIVERSITIES IN THE MARKETPLACE Frank Donoghue, THE LAST PROFESSORS Andrew Delbanco, COLLEGE: WHAT IT WAS, IS, AND SHOULD BE Jane Smiley, MOO Topics Covered – K-12 Schools, Equality, and American Society The Social Burden of American Public Schools Race and Poverty Reading - Kozol Schools as Public Goods Private schools Schools as Political Targets Civic Education Curriculum – What is to be taught? Reform as Political Agenda Historical and origin of schools WWI and Progressivism The Cold War and Sputnik Schools and the Discovery of Poverty – the Great Society The Right Wing Backlash – Accountability, Charter Schools and Privatization Standardized Testing – what does it do? Demonizing and Firing Teachers The Common Core Reading - Ravitch Improving Schools Schools as One-Stop, Full Service Centers Eliminate poverty – Why Not? HIGHER EDUCATION What for? What is/are the purpose(s) of higher education? What is the “college experience?? Why do students have to jump thru so many hoops to get a degree? Preparing for what? College and the after-college life The Corporatization of Higher education Reading – Tuchman or Washburn Digital higher education – is the University of Phoenix the model of the future? Is there a point to going to campus, or can you get a college education sitting in your bathrobe at home?
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