Let’s have a conversation about our

Free, Public Education.

Stephanie Cole, Ph.D. Student, Texas Christian University

The Assault on Public Education Research Question Education as a Human Right

confronting the politics of corporate
Consequences
What are the learning experiences of an • School closings
school reform (chapter1, Watkins, 2004)
international student studying at an •International college students • Loss of community schools
• Takes a critical traditional approach at the American university or college? • Coming to the United States from around • Inequity
transformation of American public the world to: • Racism
education due to the impact of (1) changing • Experience a quality education • Privilege
market economics, (2) neoliberalism, (3) Tangential Experience • Better learning opportunities • Divested real estate
privatization, and (4) pauperization. • Journey for Justice, Education as a Human • Divested students
• Exploring the negative consequences for Right, Listening Project (1/18/16, 2/29/16) •U.S. public school students experience • Gentrification
the black, brown and poor populations • Chicago • Corporate educational reform
throughout major U.S cities. • New Jersey • High stakes testing
• Because of the changing economic state • New Orleans • Privatization Answering Questions
there has been a redistribution of wealth, • Class Readings • Pauperization • Watkin(2004) the Assault on Public
causing a reconfiguration of the labor • Accountability Education
markets, as a result, corporations and Epiphany • Neoliberal policies • Taubman(2009) Teaching by Numbers
foundations now guide school There is a major disconnect when we have • Turnarounds
• Journey for Justice: Education as a Human
reorganization, guiding school reform excellent higher learning opportunities • Phase-outs
Right Listening Events
replacing neighborhood schools with school provided by national universities. However, • Co-locations
closings reconfigurations, and curriculum our young citizens are being denied • Charter school expansions
change. educational learning opportunities to even • School closings
get the chance to go to college or university.
Teaching by Numbers: Deconstructing the
Discourse of Standards and
New Questions Who Benefits?
Accountability in Education (Taubman, • Corporations
2009) • What is happening to our free and public
• Test makers
Action
education? • Spread the word
• Discusses educational reform under the
• What are the consequences of the current
two banners of (1) Standards and (2)
Accountability as they relate to the state of our educational affairs? Who Loses? • Use social media
• Students • Tell your friends
corporatization of education, high stakes • How is this a human rights violation?
• Communities •Connect to local and national organizations
testing and the politics of accountability. • What can be done to help our public • Teachers • BATs
• Educational reform can be referred to as: schools? • democracy
• Neoliberal economic policies • United Opt Out
• everyone
• Corporate business practices
• Conservative Social agendas
• Teaching has been reduced to: Know Your Rights
• Numbers of test scores
• United Nations-education is a fundamental human right that promotes access to a good quality education, free of discrimination and exclusion.
• Numbers of dollars
• Politicians now determine what/how we
• Student Bill of Rights
teach

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