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Neoliberal Perspectives & proponents in chicago public schools

What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of neoliberal reform in education?

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Source: https://helpfulprofessor.com/neoliberalism-in-education/#:~:text=Proponents%20argue%20that%20it%20can,within%20a%20free%20market%20context.

Perspective: Proponent

Perspective: opponent

Encourage schools to compete to create better schools - like Milton Friedman's views of the free-market principles.

This model will exacerbate social inequalities because free markets advantage those with money and resources

Renaissance 2010 - closing of 60+ schools in favor of reopening 100 schools [2/3rds charter or contract]

Students are more focused on getting high grades on standardized tests than fostering knowledge

By having more types of schooling creates more choices for where families can send their kids.

Teachers may end up caring less about giving students opportunities to learn and instead about their performance

Limited government intervention within CPS

Forces schools to reform and listen to parents, and be less wasteful to become the best school in the "free-market"

Neoliberal reform: benefits

Neoliberal reform: drawbacks

Closing down of schools in underfunded areas, and neighborhoods with heavy population of people of color

Diversity in terms of freedom of choice: privately funded schooling vs publicly funded charter schools

Encourages productivity by incentivising number of assesments and scores, less able to coast by

Moving students from school - to - school caused instances of student conflict & violence

Reduce educational costs through economies of scale

Increase of focus on standardized tests takes away from learning. Schools look to keep themselves open by cutting programs that aren't core subjects

Standardized tests make it easier to gather data about student performance

High - stakes testing & discipline make it difficult for students to pursue higher learning & social opportunities

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