Bocking: Public Education, Neoliberalism, and Teachers

by Paul Bocking

From pressure to "teach to the test" and the use of quantitative metrics to define education "quality," to the rise of "school choice" and the shift of principals from colleagues to managers, teachers in New York, Mexico City, and Toronto have experienced strikingly similar challenges to their professional autonomy. By visiting schools and meeting teachers, government officials, and union leaders, Paul Bocking identifies commonalities that are shaping how teachers work and public schools function. While arguing that neoliberal education policy is a dominant trend transcending the realities of school districts, states, or national governments, Bocking also demonstrates the importance of local context to explain variations in education governance, especially when understanding the role of resistance led by teachers’ unions.

316 pages, Hardcover

Published April 20, 2020

Reviews

[Emily]

This just was not for me in any way, shape, or form. Though the author made some very good points, I was not interested enough to take any of these points to heart.