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This book critically examines the key issues facing the public with implications for education policy makers, professionals and researchers, confronting current issues about social justice and segregation. She uses Arendtian ideas to help the reader to think politically' about education and how public services education can be reimagined.

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“A substantive contribution... recommended to colleagues and post-graduate students.” Michael Apple, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Thinking politically: challenging public education Action: professionals learning to labour Plurality: the idea and reality of choice Natality: the opportunity to do new things Promising: school diversity and competition Responsibility and judging: producing and using numbers Forgiving: the end of public education Thinking politically again: the conditions for public education

The Politics of Public Education

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 28/11/2018
      ISBN13: 9781447339588, 978-1447339588
      ISBN10: 1447339584
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book critically examines the key issues facing the public with implications for education policy makers, professionals and researchers, confronting current issues about social justice and segregation. She uses Arendtian ideas to help the reader to think politically' about education and how public services education can be reimagined.

      Trade Review
      “A substantive contribution... recommended to colleagues and post-graduate students.” Michael Apple, University of Wisconsin-Madison

      Table of Contents
      Thinking politically: challenging public education Action: professionals learning to labour Plurality: the idea and reality of choice Natality: the opportunity to do new things Promising: school diversity and competition Responsibility and judging: producing and using numbers Forgiving: the end of public education Thinking politically again: the conditions for public education

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