Dismantled

The Breakup of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1980-2016

Leanne Kang (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2020
Teachers' College Press (Verlag)
9780807763834 (ISBN)

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Provides 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 towards 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.

Leanne Kang is an assistant professor of educational foundations at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	01.09.2020
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 231 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
ISBN-13	9780807763834 / 9780807763834
Zustand	Neuware