Neoliberalism and Public Education Finance Policy in Canada (Routledge Studies in Education, Neoliberalism, and Marxism)

This book uses a multi-dimensional conceptual framework to demonstrate how neoliberal forces have been manifested through changes to K-12 public education finance policy in British Columbia, Canada between 2001-2015. The text offers in-depth critical policy analysis to illustrate how the public education system has been impacted by the emergence of a hybrid model of public-private funding. By examining the impacts of this neoliberalized model, in which school districts must compete for public funding and engage in for-profit activities, the book highlights emerging financial inequalities; exacerbated inequities for students; increased alignment of administrators' subjectivities with a managerial approach to educational leadership; and an illusion of local autonomy. Ultimately, the text makes powerful contributions by calling attention to detrimental processes of neoliberalization, marketization, and privatization of public education and the managerialization of educational leadership. This text will benefit researchers, academics, educators, and educational leaders with an interest in the politics of education policy and finance, school district leadership, international and comparative education, and the sociology of education. Wendy Poole is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada Vicheth Sen is currently teaches in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada Gerald Fallon is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada--

• | Author: Wendy Poole, Vicheth Sen, Gérald Fallon
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Sep 25, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 158 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1032171278
• | ISBN-13: 9781032171272