School Choice and the Betrayal of Democracy: How Market-Based Education Reform Fails Our Communities

by Robert Asen

Evidence shows that the increasing privatization of K-12 education siphons resources away from public schools, resulting in poorer learning conditions, underpaid teachers, and greater inequality. But, as Robert Asen reveals here, the damage that market-based education reform inflicts on society runs much deeper. At their core, these efforts are antidemocratic.

Arguing that democratic communities and public education need one another, Asen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271091398
• ISBN13: 9780271091396
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"