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 