Political Agendas for Education: From Change We Can Believe In to Putting America First

by Spring, Joel

• ISBN13: 9780805852561
• ISBN10: 0805852565
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

InPolitical Agendas for Education: From the Religious Right to the Green Party, Third Edition,Joel Spring brings up-to-date his description and analysis of the current educational agendas of major political players and organizations. The focus of this edition is the 2004 presidential campaign and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Spring discusses the ideological perspective of each major political group and how its ideology is represented in No Child Left Behind: *The religious agenda of Republicans who identify themselves as compassionate conservatives; *The free market ideology of Republicans who consider themselves neoconservative Republicans; *The thinking of the New Democrats, who claim a major responsibility for passage of the No Child Left Behind Act and support its accountability requirements; and *The educational agendas and criticisms of No Child Left Behind offered by Ralph Nader's 2004 presidential campaign organization, the Green Party, the Rainbow Coalition, and the National Organization of Women. Political Agendas for Education: From the Religious Right to the Green Party, Third Editionis an essential text for courses dealing with the politics of education, foundations of education, educational leadership, and curriculum studies, and a must-read volume for educational scholars, professionals, policymakers, and all those concerned with the politics of education in the U.S. and its consequences for schools and society.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Compassionate Conservatism and No Child Left Behind: The Republican Educational Agenda for the 21st Century	1	(27)
Compassionate Conservatism	3	(4)
Compassionate Conservatism and No Child Left Behind	7	(2)
The Republican Party and the Christian Coalition	9	(5)
Evolution Versus Creationism	14	(3)
The Origins of the School Prayer Section of No Child Left Behind	17	(4)
Sex Education and Pornography	21	(2)
Multicultural Education	23	(2)
Liberal Domination of Education and Culture	25	(2)
Conclusion	27	(1)
Neoconservatism and No Child Left Behind: The Republican Educational Agenda for the 21st Century	28	(35)
Free Markets and School Choice	29	(2)
Planning an Educational Revolution: The Trickle-Down Theory of Ideas and No Child Left Behind	31	(3)
The Manhattan Institute and George W. Bush's Presidency	34	(5)
Marketing the Educational Revolution: No Child Left Behind	39	(6)
The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute: Marketing Racism and School Reform	45	(4)
Neoconservatives, Business, and Educational Standards	49	(3)
Goals 2000: On the Road to No Child Left Behind	52	(2)
Standards and Tests: The Politics of Culture	54	(4)
For-Profit and Charter Schools	58	(4)
Conclusion	62	(1)
New Democrats and No Child Left Behind	63	(28)
The New Democrats	64	(4)
The Democratic Road to No Child Left Behind: Bill Clinton and the New Democrats	68	(9)
Reinventing Government and Schools: The Democratic Road to No Child Left Behind	77	(3)
The Democratic Road to No Child Left Behind: Al Gore and the 2000 Presidential Campaign	80	(1)
New Democrats' Support of No Child Left Behind: Did George W. Bush Steal Their Agenda?	81	(2)
No Child Left Behind, John Kerry, and the 2004 Presidential Campaign	83	(5)
Conclusion: Is No Child Left Behind a Political Pipe Dream?	88	(3)
What's Left of the Left? Ralph Nader, the Green Party, the Rainbow Coalition, and the National Organization for Women	91	(23)
Ralph Nader, Consumerism, and Education	93	(3)
Nader's 2004 Campaign	96	(1)
Nader and No Child Left Behind	97	(2)
The 2004 Green Party and No Child Left Behind	99	(3)
The Rainbow Coalition	102	(4)
The National Organization for Women and the Feminist Majority	106	(6)
Conclusion: What's Left of the Left?	112	(2)
Putting It Together	114	(3)
Notes	117	(16)
Author Index	133	(4)
Subject Index	137