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The Rhetoric of Educational Reform in American Public Education: A criticism of corporate reform attitudes

Morrison, Shannon M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1448353920

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Policy and Leadership.
The primary purpose of this dissertation is to describe the ways in which the corporate reform movement has altered the rhetoric around our public education system. The primary argument I make is that the language of corporate reform has the propensity to create the reality that validates it. This dissertation will review how a long history of educational reform has enabled corporate reformers and their rhetoric to become easily and quickly accepted by the American public. Using David Labaree’s definition of school syndrome, the historical and philosophical writings of Diane Ravitch, John Dewy and other philosophers and historians of education, this dissertation argues that our current debates around public education are directly linked to the history of educational reform in this country. By considering the relative importance of three key historical movements, it is easier to understand the impact of today’s educational reform initiatives upon public education. Ultimately this dissertation does not seek to define and analyze actual policy changes, but to more fully understand how conversations can have an equally, if not more, meaningful impact on the educational aims assigned to American public education.
Phil Smith (Advisor)
144 p.
Education; Education History; Education Policy; Educational Theory

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  • Morrison, S. M. (2015). The Rhetoric of Educational Reform in American Public Education: A criticism of corporate reform attitudes [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1448353920

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Morrison, Shannon. The Rhetoric of Educational Reform in American Public Education: A criticism of corporate reform attitudes . 2015. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1448353920.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Morrison, Shannon. "The Rhetoric of Educational Reform in American Public Education: A criticism of corporate reform attitudes ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1448353920

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