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Remaking America’s schools

Why do schoolhouses matter? Johann Neem on the rise of public education in America. Katherine Stewart on what the “government schools” critics really mean. When privatization means segregation: Setting the record straight on school vouchers. Who is Betsy DeVos, and how did she get to be head of our schools? The 59-year-old billionaire Betsy DeVos is said to be the spearhead of Trump’s agenda, and alarm is growing at her plans for privatization — and her erosion of civil rights (and more). Dunce’s app: How Silicon Valley’s brand of behaviorism has entered the classroom. Natasha Singer on the Silicon Valley billionaires remaking America’s schools. Why do billionaires care so much about charter schools?

Leon Salter and Sean Phelan (Massey): The Morality and Political Antagonisms of Neoliberal Discourse: Campbell Brown and the Corporatization of Educational Justice. Wayne Ross on how the fear created by precarious existence in the neoliberal world discourages critical thinking. Diane Ravitch on the demolition of American education. How the culture wars destroyed public education. Itay Snir (Tel Aviv): Education and Articulation: Laclau and Mouffe’s Radical Democracy in School.