Synopses & Reviews
Rethinking US Education Policy links proposals on educational policy to the need for a new sociopolitical framework that might allow for improved thinking on educational reform. Using research data produced by the Obama administration, including public policy texts, and interviews with scholars and experts on the knowledge economy and education, Araya argues that the rhetoric on the knowledge economy has come to dominate and structure a wide range of educational reform policies, and explores sociopolitical proposals for rethinking US educational reform.
Synopsis
Drawing on discussions of the "Creative Economy," the "Network Economy," and the "Green Economy," Rethinking US Education Policy critiques educational policies authored by the Obama administration and considers the need for a new educational policy framework that is better adapted to an era of accelerating innovation.
About the Author
Daniel Araya is Lead Researcher in Leadership and Policy with the National Center for Professional and Research Ethics (NCPRE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Table of Contents
1. US Education Policy as Economic Policy
2. The Knowledge Economy in Context
3. Paradigms of the Knowledge Economy
4. Education Policy and the Obama Administration
5. The Knowledge Economy in Dialogue
6. Rethinking US Education Policy