This post is a piece I originally published in a 2000 book honoring David Tyack, Reconstructing the Good in Education: Coping with Intractable American Dilemmas. which was edited by Larry Cuban and Dorothy Shipps. Here's a link to a PDF of the chapter. A few years ago I did a short post about Albert Hirschman's … Continue reading No Exit: Public Education as an Inescapably Public Good
This is an op-ed I published in the Detroit News way back in 1998. It captures a key part of the argument about educational consumerism that I developed in my second book, How to Succeed in Schools Without Really Learning. And now it's a chapter in my new book, The Ironies of Schooling. EDUCATIONAL CONSUMERISM: BAD FOR SCHOOLS … Continue reading Educational Consumerism
This post is an essay by Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider, which was published recently in The Nation. Here's a link to the original. It draws from their new book, which I highly recommend: The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual. Their core argument is that the pressure for school choice -- "fund students … Continue reading Berkshire and Schneider — Why “Fund Students not Systems” Is a Recipe for Disaster
This post is an essay by Scott Carlson about the high cost of staying competitive at the top of the higher education pyramid, which recently appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Here's a link to the original. Status is everything for universities at the very pinnacle of the highly stratified system of US higher … Continue reading The High Cost of Playing the Status Game in Elite Higher Education
This post is a piece I published in Kappan in November, 2018. It's about the declining American commitment to schooling for the public good. Here’s a link to the original. PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR PRIVATE GAIN: THE DECLINING AMERICAN COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE PUBLIC GOOD When schooling comes to be viewed mainly as a source of … Continue reading Public Schools for Private Gain
This post is a piece I originally published in a 2000 book honoring David Tyack, Reconstructing the Good in Education: Coping with Intractable American Dilemmas. which was edited by Larry Cuban and Dorothy Shipps. Here's a link to a PDF of the chapter. Two years ago I did a short post about Albert Hirschman's book, … Continue reading No Exit: Public Education as an Inescapably Public Good
This post is a piece I published in Kappan in November, 2018. Here’s a link to the original. Public schools for private gain: The declining American commitment to serving the public good When schooling comes to be viewed mainly as a source of private benefit, both schools and society pay the consequences. By David F. Labaree … Continue reading Public Schools for Private Gain
This is an op-ed I published in the Detroit News way back in 1998. It captures a key part of the argument about educational consumerism that I developed in my second book, How to Succeed in Schools Without Really Learning. Educational Consumerism: Bad for Schools by David F. Labaree We hear a lot these days … Continue reading Educational Consumerism: Bad for Schools
on Are Students Consumers? This post is a piece I published in Education Week way back in 1997. It’s a much shorter and more accessible version of the most cited paper I ever published, “Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle over Educational Goals.” Drawing on the latter, it lays out a case for three competing educational … Continue reading Are Students Consumers?
This post is a piece I published in Kappan in November, 2018. Here’s a link to the original. Public schools for private gain: The declining American commitment to serving the public good When schooling comes to be viewed mainly as a source of private benefit, both schools and society suffer grave consequences. By David F. Labaree … Continue reading Public Schools for Private Gain
David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing 