The Politics Of Education

1. Neo-Liberal Perspective

1.1. During the past decade, neo-liberal reforms have received significant attention as the latest solutions and policy discussions of urban school reform and efforts to reduce the achievement gap.

1.1.1. Neo-liberal reforms stress five areas for education policy. 1. Austerity 2. tThe market model. 3. Individualism 4. State intervention. 5. Economic prosperity, race, and class.

2. Traditional Vision of Education

2.1. Traditional visions tend to view these schools as necessary to the transmission of the traditional values of U.S. society, such as hard work, family unity, individual initiative, and so on.

2.1.1. Radical-Progressive-Liberal-Traditional-conservative

2.1.2. Traditionalist believe these schools should pass on the best of what was and what is.