{"product_id":"school-choice-and-the-betrayal-robert-asen-9780271091396","title":"School Choice and the Betrayal of Democracy: How Market-Based Education Reform Fails Our Communities","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvidence shows that the increasing privatization of K-12 education siphons resources away from public schools, resulting in poorer learning conditions, underpaid teachers, and greater inequality. But, as Robert Asen reveals here, the damage that market-based education reform inflicts on society runs much deeper. At their core, these efforts are antidemocratic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguing that democratic communities and public education need one another, Asen examines the theory driving privatization, popularized in the neoliberalism of Milton and Rose Friedman, as well as the case for school choice promoted by former secretary of education Betsy DeVos and the controversial voucher program of former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. What Asen finds is that a market-based approach holds not just a different view of distributing education but a different vision of society. When the values of the market--choice, competition, and self-interest--shape national education, that policy produces individuals, Asen contends, with no connections to community and no obligations to one another. The result is a society at odds with democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProbing and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eSchool Choice and the Betrayal of Democracy \u003c\/i\u003efeatures interviews with local, on-the-ground advocates for public education and offers a countering vision of democratic education--one oriented toward civic relationships, community, and equality. This book is essential reading for policymakers, advocates of public education, citizens, and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Asen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271091398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271091396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.33w x 0.86d","brand":"Robert Asen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043040293119,"sku":"9780271091396","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f022457-a319-49be-8954-02b573802033.jpg?v=1684964929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/school-choice-and-the-betrayal-robert-asen-9780271091396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}