Original article | International Journal of Progressive Education 2009, Vol. 5(1) 69-77
Ramin Farahmandpur & Peter McLaren Translated by: Liang Meng
pp. 69 - 77 | Manu. Number: ijpe.2009.012
Published online: February 15, 2009 | Number of Views: 13 | Number of Download: 375
Abstract
The driving forces behind the recent educational policies of the No Child Left Behind Act passed in 2001 are neoliberal social and economic policies that favour outsourcing and downsizing methods of production in the name of flexibility and efficiency. Under the neoliberal economic model, schools must perform similarly to corporate entities. Just as the Dow Jones stock indices measure the performance of companies and represent the pulse of Wall Street, so too the Adequate Yearly Progress Report (AYP) measures and ranks the performance of public schools. One of the most pernicious results of the No Child Left Behind Act is that states can now indefinitely close or restructure “underperforming schools,” those that fail to meet the requirements established by the AYP.
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