ABSTRACT

Education Policy, Neoliberalism, and Leadership Practice is a foundational book describing all aspects of neoliberalism and its broad scale impact in education. Drawing on research and canvassing policy developments across a range of contexts, this book critically analyzes neoliberal education policies, the practices and outcomes they spawn, and the purposes they serve. It interrogates how education leaders perceive and interpret neoliberal influences and the dilemmas and opportunities they create, while unpacking questions of why neoliberalism is the basis for educational policy, how neoliberalism impacts on education, and what this means for the future.

part I|2 pages

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

The Misguided Impatience of Education Policy

chapter 3|10 pages

Individualism and Autonomy

Sovereign Rationality in Market Exchange

chapter 4|6 pages

Privatization

chapter 5|13 pages

Choice

chapter 6|7 pages

Competition

chapter 8|4 pages

Efficiency

chapter 9|10 pages

Productivity

chapter 10|10 pages

Performativity

chapter 11|13 pages

Accountability

part II|4 pages

An Ebbing Tide…?

chapter 12|5 pages

Education Is Off Course

chapter 13|8 pages

What Happened to Equity?

chapter 15|22 pages

Education Leadership in Neoliberal Times

chapter |4 pages

Concluding Remarks