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Education & Youth

Beyond the Swindle of the Corporate University: Higher Education in the Service of Democracy

Memories of the university as a citadel of democratic learning have been replaced by a university eager to define itself largely in economic terms.
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Henry A. Giroux,
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January 18, 2011
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the FUV Gala. Gotham Hall, May 5, 2010.
Education & Youth

Selling Out New York City’s Public Schools: Mayor Bloomberg, David Steiner and the Politics of Corporate “Leadership”

Politicians, anti-public intellectuals and conservative-leaning media pundits no longer ask what kind of education is needed in a democratic society.
by
Henry A. Giroux,
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December 7, 2010
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A monument to Paulo Freire in front of the Ministy of Education in Brazil.
Education & Youth

Lessons to Be Learned From Paulo Freire as Education Is Being Taken Over by the Mega Rich

Freire is one of the most important educators of the 20th century and is considered one of the most important theorists of “critical pedagogy.”
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Henry A. Giroux,
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November 23, 2010
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New NYC schools chancellor Cathleen P. Black listens to students inside PS 329 on December 13, 2010, in Brooklyn, New York. Black, the chairwoman of Hearst Magazines, will formerly begin as NYC Chancellor on January 2, 2011.
Education & Youth

Business Culture and the Death of Public Education: The Triumph of Management Over Leadership

Management divorced from leadership privatizes hope, deskills teachers and treats students as consumers.
by
Henry A. Giroux,
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November 12, 2010
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Bill Gates speaks during a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 25, 2008.
Education & Youth

When Generosity Hurts: Bill Gates, Public School Teachers and the Politics of Humiliation

High stakes accountability and punishing modes of leadership, regardless of the damage they wreak on students and teachers, are now the only game in town when it comes…
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Henry A. Giroux,
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October 5, 2010
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Tearing Away at Public Education
Education & Youth

Gutting Public Education: Neoliberalism and the Politics of Opportunism

America’s political and economic elites have declared a war on working, middle-class and poor Americans. Now that war is coming to a head with the draconian cuts in…
by
Anthony DiMaggio,
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June 25, 2010
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan addresses the opening session of the first federal Bullying Prevention Summit August 11, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Education & Youth

Why Duncan’s Corporate-Based Schools Can’t Deliver an Education That Matters

Public schooling is more and more being shaped by a pedagogy of containment, security and conformity that undermines critical thought.
by
Henry A. Giroux,
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June 21, 2010
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Teacher clears chalk board
Education & Youth

Teachers Without Jobs and Education Without Hope

The United States’ choice to deal with its financial crisis by further weakening public and higher education is devastating.
by
Henry A. Giroux,
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June 8, 2010
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Dumbing down teachers in the name of education reform
Education & Youth

Dumbing Down Teachers: Attacking Colleges of Education in the Name of Reform

We must take matters of education seriously if we are going to survive as a democracy.
by
Henry A. Giroux,
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May 25, 2010
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Teacher at chalk board
Education & Youth

In Defense of Public School Teachers in a Time of Crisis

We need a new language for understanding public education as formative for democratic institutions.
by
Henry A. Giroux,
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April 14, 2010
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