Education as enforcement : the militarization and corporatization of schools / Kenneth J. Saltman & David A. Gabbard, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saltman, Kenneth J., 1969-

Gabbard, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology--United States.

Educational sociology.

Commercialism in schools.

United States.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Commercialism in schools--United States.

Militarism--United States.

Militarism.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 332 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.

Summary:

Education as Enforcement locates a rising culture of militarism found not only in popular culture, civil society, and U.S. foreign policy but also in educational policy and practices. Considering the rise of school security apparatus, accountability and standards movements, privatization, and commercialization, this book is the first of its kind to highlight the intersections between militarization and corporatization. This volume brings together noted scholars in education to explore and challenge the ways that the imperatives of corporate globalization are educating citizens through curriculum, policy, and popular culture in the virtues of authoritarianism while turning some schools into boardrooms and others into barracks and prisons. With the shadow of the No Child Left Behind Act descending over us, Education as Enforcement points to the need for citizens to become more actively involved in leading schools, teachers, and children out of this educational Dark Age.

Contents:

Foreword: Democracy, Schooling, and the Culture of Fear after September 11 / Henry A. Giroux ix

1. The Function of Schools: Subtler and Cruder Methods of Control / Noam Chomsky 25

2. Rivers of Fire: BPAmoco's iMPACT on Education / Kenneth J. Saltman, Robin Truth Goodman 37

3. Education IS Enforcement!: The Centrality of Compulsory Schooling in Market Societies / David A. Gabbard 61

4. Cracking Down: Chicago School Policy and the Regulation of Black and Latino Youth / Pauline Lipman 81

5. Facing Oppression: Youth Voices from the Front / Pepi Leistyna 103

6. Freedom for Some, Discipline for "Others": The Structure of Inequity in Education / Enora R. Brown 127

7. Forceful Hegemony: A Warning and a Solution from Indian Country / Don Trent Jacobs 153

8. The Proliferation of JROTC: Educational Reform or Militarization / Marvin J. Beriowitz, Nathan A. Long 163

9. Education for War in Israel: Preparing Children to Accept War as a Natural Factor of Life / Haggith Gor 177

10. Post-Columbine Reflections on Youth Violence as a (Trans)National Movement / Julie Webber 189

11. Imprisoning Minds: The Violence of Neoliberal Education or "I Am Not for Sale!" / Sheila Landers Macrine 203

12. Taking Command: The Pathology of Identity and Agency in Predatory Culture / Ron Scapp 213

13. Commentary on the Rhetoric of Reform: A Twenty-Year Retrospective / Sandra Jackson 223

14. Controlling Images: The Power of High-Stakes Testing / Kevin D. Vinson, E. Wayne Ross 241

15. Dick Lit: Corporatism, Militarism, and the Detective Novel / Robin Truth Goodman 259

16. Virtuous War: Simulation and the Militarization of Play / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. 279

17. We Were Soldiers: The Rewriting of Memory and the Corporate Order / William M. Reynolds, David A. Gabbard 289

18. The Politics of Compulsory Patriotism: On the Educational Meanings of September 11 / Michael W. Apple 299

19. Critical Revolutionary Pedagogy at Ground Zero: Renewing the Educational Left after September 11 / Peter Mclaren, Ramin Farahmandpur 311.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415944880

0415944899

OCLC:

50809897