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PublisherTeacher's College Press

ISBN-100807763829

ISBN-139780807763827

eBay Product ID (ePID)3038787801

Product Key Features

Number of Pages144 Pages

Publication NameDismantled : the Breakup of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1980-2016

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Urban, History

TypeTextbook

AuthorLeanne Kang

Subject AreaEducation

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-007847

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Each chapter of Dismantled pulls the reader deeper into the battle of school reform in DPS, while really expanding understandings of the ways national politics linked to race and policy directly inform state and city politics." --Teachers College Record, "Kang makes a compelling case for how state and private actors outside Detroit 'dismantled' DPS and established a market system of education that some have labeled the 'Wild West' of school reform." --History of Education Quarterly

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal371.010977434

Table Of ContentContents (Tentative) 1.?Introduction: What Happened to Public Schools? Methodology Organization of the Book 2.?A Brief History of School Governance Change in the United States From Village School to School Board Governance, 1780-1940 The Progressive Era Schooling Regime, 1890-1940 The Black Educational Movement Dissatisfaction with School Board Governance, 1960s and 1970s Conclusion 3.?DECLINE: The Passage of Proposal A, 1980-1994 The Struggle to Restore School Board Governance: Clashes with the DFT The HOPE Campaign, 1988-1993 The First Assault: Proposal A Conclusion 4.?DISRUPTION: Mayoral Control of DPS, 1995-2005 Plans for Mayoral Takeover ?This is Not Racism? Implementation and Failure Conclusion 5.?CRISIS AND SEIZURE: Emergency Financial Management, 2006-2014 Prelude to Emergency Financial Management Market-Based Reforms Come to Detroit A Secret Plan: Establishing the Education Achievement Authority Save Michigan?s Public Schools Conclusion 6.?DISMANTLED: Market Governance and the Rise of Betsy DeVos, 2015-2016 The Final Rescue Plan, a System Up for Grabs The Rise of DeVos: A Closer Look Conclusion 7.?Conclusion: Who Should Govern Public Schools? Market Governance, a Third Governing Pattern Characteristics of Market Governance Implications of Market Governance Conclusion Notes Index About the Author

SynopsisProvides an accessible, critical look at the devolution of local power in the Detroit public school system. The author examines the rise of charter schools and other private enterprises, the eclipse of control from local actors to new players and influences, and the invaluable lessons the experience holds for urban school systems., Dismantled is an accessible, critical look at the devolution of local power in the Detroit public school system. The author examines the rise of charter schools and other private enterprises, the eclipse of control from local actors to new players and influences, and the invaluable lessons the experience holds for urban school systems nationwide. Kang provides a compelling narrative of this shift in power beginning in the 1980s and leading to the breakup of Detroit Public Schools in 2016, and concludes with a discussion on the implications and dilemmas of regime change. The text looks at such questions as: What happens when local actors no longer have a voice in what happens to their schools? What are the consequences when teachers and administrators cede control to private interests and cease to participate in decisionmaking? What are some ways to redirect public schooling toward democracy in the aftermath of dismantling the Progressive Era system? Book Features: Examines how a series of policies dismantled the Detroit Public Schools, resulting in new educational characteristics such as the marketization and privatization of schooling. Offers an historical perspective on market-based reform, including why and how race and politics serve as barriers to reform. Explains the role and influence of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the Detroit events. Provides a framework from which to envision the next steps for public education in the 21st century.

LC Classification NumberLA309.D6K36 2020