ABSTRACT
Education plays a big part of the process of dehumanization and the breakdown of humanity. The paradigm of school reform is directed at changing regulations and rules under which schools operate so that the neoliberal agenda of privatization and expanding education markets can flourish. The violence is a symptom of the instability of neoliberalism and death should be reason enough to find alternatives. David Harvey describes neoliberalism as an ideology that takes the view that individual liberty and freedom are the high point of civilization and can best be protected and achieved through deregulation, preserving private property rights, and the institutions of the free market. Pauline Lipman poignantly follows the trickle down effect of neoliberalism and its impact on teaching: On the assumption that the private sector is more efficient and productive than the public sector, neoliberal policy promotes education markets and privatization.
