Learning from the Federal Market Based Reforms – Lessons for ESSA Mathis

Learning from the Federal Market Based ReformsLessons for ESSA\nAuthor(s): William J. Mathis, Tina M. Trujillo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781681235035, 978-1681235035\nSynopsis\nOver the past twenty years, educational policy has been characterized by top-down, market-focused policies combined with a push toward privatization and school choice. The new Every Student Succeeds Act continues along this path, though with decision-making authority now shifted toward the states. These market-based reforms have often been touted as the most promising response to the challenges of poverty and educational disenfranchisement. But has this approach been successful? Has learning improved? Have historically low-scoring schools turned around or have the reforms had little effect? Have these narrow conceptions of schooling harmed the civic and social purposes of education in a democracy?\n\nThis book presents t.