Neoliberalism and the Politics of Disposability: Education, Urbanization, and Displacement in the New Chicago

Autor/in	Means, Alex
Titel	Neoliberalism and the Politics of Disposability: Education, Urbanization, and Displacement in the New Chicago
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 6 (2008) 1, (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-2743
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Relationship; Educational Change; Urban Education; Ideology; School Restructuring; Educational Policy; Federal Legislation; Political Attitudes; Privatization; Economic Development; Educational Quality; Democracy; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wechselbeziehung; Bildungsreform; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Ideologie; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bundesrecht; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Demokratie
Abstract	This paper analyzes the relationship between neoliberalism and school restructuring in Chicago. I provide an account of the ideological foundation of neoliberal education policies as well as an account of their development and implementation in the city. Additionally, I analyze Chicago's newest education agenda, Renaissance 2010. Passed into law in 2004, the policy is a continuation of previous Chicago school reforms and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), but, as I will argue, it is also representative of an emerging urbanism defined by uneven economic development and public abandonment. The policy has been implicated in clearing the ground for corporate development through privatization and school closures, while undermining educational quality, just distributions of resources, and the democratic participation of communities. As such, I contend that Renaissance 2010 represents a policy commensurate with what Henry Giroux has referred to as a "politics of disposability". It is a politics where the imperatives of the market come at the expense of public life, democracy, and responsibility toward the future (Giroux, 2006). (Contains 13 notes. Contains a bibliography.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	The Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton NN2 7AL United Kingdom. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
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Update	2017/4/10