The Phenomenon of Obama and the Agenda for Education - 9781623968335

The Phenomenon of Obama and the Agenda for EducationCan Hope (Still) Audaciously Trump Neoliberalism?\nAuthor(s): Paul R. Carr, Brad J. Porfilio\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781623968335, 978-1623968335\nSynopsis\nAnyone who is touched by public education teachers, administrators, teacher-educators, students, parents, politicians, pundits, and citizens ought to read this book, a revamped and updated second edition. It will speak to educators, policymakers and citizens who are concerned about the future of education and its relation to a robust, participatory democracy. The perspectives offered by a wonderfully diverse collection of contributors provide a glimpse into the complex, multilayered factors that shape, and are shaped by, education institutions today. The analyses presented in this text are critical of how globalization and neoliberalism exert increasing levels of control over the public.