1st Edition

Today’s Guide to Educational Policy Pandemics, Disasters, Nationalism, Religion, and Global Politics

By Joel Spring Copyright 2021
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

In his latest book, Joel Spring covers major political, economic and social issues affecting US and global education policy today. Crafted to evoke classroom discussion, this book explores contemporary issues such as the pandemic, institutional racism, religious controversies, nationalism and immigration, increased reliance on online instruction, climate change, economics of education and... Read more

1. Introduction: Pandemic, Climate Change and the Networked Society 2. Religion and Educational Policy 3. Nationalism and Immigrant Education 4. The Economics of Education 5. The Deep State, Educational Bureaucracy and the Shadow Education Government 6. Climate Change, Pandemic and Online Instruction 7. Designing an Educational Policy: Opening High School Tackle Football to Coeds and Transgender Youth

Biography

Joel Spring is Professor Emeritus at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA. His scholarship focuses on educational globalization, educational policy and the politics of education, and he has published over 20 academic books and six novels. He is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation.