The "business" of reforming American schools / Denise Gelberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gelberg, Denise, 1951-

Series:

SUNY series, restructuring and school change.

SUNY series, restructuring and school change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--United States--History.

Educational change.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Business and education--United States--History.

Business and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997.

Summary:

A critical look at the influence of the business community on the school reform movement, specifically how popular business management theories have been used as "tools" to produce a "workforce" for the 21st century. Focusing on the influence of the business community on schools, this book describes how popular business management theories and production processes have been imported into schools during periods of societal upheaval in order to create a sense of order and efficiency while meeting the objective of producing a workforce that meets the specifications set down by employers. Unlike other books that say why schools need to be reformed or how that reform should proceed, this study takes a critical look at the latest call to restructure schools in light of the economic, social, and political forces that affect the education establishment and the children of our nation. Denise Gelberg has been a classroom teacher for twenty years and currently teaches in the Ithaca City School District, Ithaca, New York.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: 1895-1925

1. The Tenor of the Times

2. The Pro-Efficiency Reforms Transplant Business Methods to the Schoolhouse

3. An Alternative Reform Agenda Education for Individual Development and Democracy

PART TWO: CHALLENGES TO THE PRO-EFFIECIENCY MODEL OF EDUCATION 1961-1995

4. The 1960s and the Challenge to the Schools

5. A Renewed Sense of Crisis and a New Management Model Spur Education Reform, 1983-1995

6. The New Model for Efficient Education

7. Rochester, New York, a Laboratory for the New Pro-Efficiency Reforms

8. The Choices We Face

NOTES

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-315) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-0391-7

0-585-09165-X

OCLC:

923397497