1st Edition

Neoliberalism and Public Education Finance Policy in Canada Reframing Educational Leadership as Entrepreneurship

By Wendy Poole, Vicheth Sen, Gerald Fallon Copyright 2022
158 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

158 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

158 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book uses a multi-dimensional conceptual framework to demonstrate how neoliberal forces have been manifested through changes to K–12 public education finance policy in British Columbia, Canada between 2001 and 2015. The text offers in-depth critical policy analysis to illustrate how the public education system has been impacted by the emergence of a hybrid model of public-private... Read more

1: Introduction: Neoliberalized Education Finance Policy and Entrepreneurial Educational Leadership

2: The History and Rationality of Neoliberalism and Its Impacts in/on Public Education

3: The Emergence of Market-Oriented Education Finance Policy in British Columbia

4: Localized Responses to the Market-Oriented Education Finance Policy

5: The Spatial Inequities of Market-Oriented Education Finance Policy

6: Negotiating Subjectivities: Responsibilization and the Political Agency of School District Administrators

7: Moving Toward Public Education and Educational Leadership for the Common Good

Biography

Wendy Poole is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Vicheth Sen currently teaches in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Gerald Fallon
is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada.