Conflict of Interests: The Politics of American Education

by Joel Spring

Providing a critical understanding of the political and social forces shaping educational politics in the United States, this concise text describes and analyzes how policy is made for American schools and its effect on all of our lives and thinking. Joel Spring argues that the politics of Education is driven by a complex interrelationship between politicians, private foundations and think tanks, teachers’ unions, special-interest groups, educational politicians, school administrators, boards of education, courts, and the knowledge industry. The text uses many current examples to illustrate conflicts over educational policies.

Genres: Education

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent general overview... nonetheless, I would recommend a more recent edition of one of Michael Apple's books before I would recommend this.

And it cost $70.00. Srsly? That's obscene.

[T. Smith]

Mine's the first paperback edition.