Is the Outcry for More Pilot Schools Warranted? Democracy, Collective Bargaining, Deregulation, and the Politics of School Reform in Boston

Autor/in	Knoester, Matthew
Titel	Is the Outcry for More Pilot Schools Warranted? Democracy, Collective Bargaining, Deregulation, and the Politics of School Reform in Boston
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 25 (2011) 3, S.387-423 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904809351691
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Charter Schools; School Choice; Democracy; Collective Bargaining; Unions; Politics of Education; Political Attitudes; Economic Development; Urban Schools; Public Schools; School Segregation; Racial Integration; Social Integration; Academic Achievement; Parent School Relationship; School Community Relationship; Teaching Conditions; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Demokratie; Tarifverhandlung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Rassenintegration; Soziale Integration; Schulleistung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Using a theoretical lens of democratic education, this study critically analyzes pilot schools in the Boston Public School system, a school model gaining influence and imitation around the United States. Building on theories regarding the role of democracy in schools, and especially workplace democracy, this article juxtaposes these conceptions of democracy with competing economic theories of marketization, privatization, antiunionism, and individualism, here referred to as neoliberalism, and analyzes the political terrain onto which pilot schools emerged, are debated, and understood. The Boston Teachers Union first conceptualized, and bargained for, pilot schools in the early 1990s. However, the union has since come under criticism from influential individuals and groups for resisting or slowing the expansion of this reform. This study examines the proposition that more pilot schools should be created and argues that insufficient evidence exists to warrant the current outcry for pilot school expansion. (Contains 20 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10