Sector Distinctions and the Privatization of Public Education Policymaking

Autor/in	Lubienski, Christopher
Titel	Sector Distinctions and the Privatization of Public Education Policymaking
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 14 (2016) 2, S.192-212 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/1477878516635332
Schlagwörter	Privatization; Public Education; Educational Policy; Private Financial Support; Networks; Educational Trends; Role; Educational Change; Trend Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Privatisation; Privatisierung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Private Investition; Bildungsentwicklung; Rollen; Bildungsreform; Trendanalyse
Abstract	Current trends indicate declining distinctions between "public" and "private" sectors in education. Reformers see sector barriers as unnecessary impediments to innovation, distracting attention and effort from "what works". This analysis questions whether trends in education policy are simply a natural evolution away from state control of public goods, noting the agency involved in blurring the boundaries between sectors. While the weakening of public and private distinctions is real and substantial, there are reasons for researchers and policymakers to rely on these distinctions in understanding education policy and policymaking, not so much as principles that should guide policymaking, but as means for analyzing competing interests, agendas, and beneficiaries of policies. In that respect, education policymaking itself is being privatized through a significant shift toward private interests in the making of public policy for public education. The analysis focuses on the central role that some private philanthropies play in shaping hybridized private-public policy networks in education policymaking. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01