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The Shifting Terrain of Grassroots Mobilization and the Future of
Education Reform in the United States
Rachel K. BricknerDepartment of Politics
Acadia University (Canada)
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Objective
Develop a framework for understanding movement of pro-public education activists in the US
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Outline
• Background• Neoliberal aspects of education• The emerging activist movement• Framework• The future of education reform?
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Background
• “A Nation at Risk” (1983)• How to fix failing* schools?
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Neoliberal Education Reform
• A competitive market for schools• School as training for market agents– “college and career ready”
• Influence of moneyed actors• Anti-union policies• Privatization of public schools?
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Understanding Discontent
• Disproportionate effects on minority students• Too much testing• Narrowed, inappropriate curricula• Weakened democratic
oversight/accountability• Union/teacher scapegoating• The end of public education?
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“Towards a New Common School Movement”
• 2011 -12: Wisconsin Uprising• 2011-12: Protests, campaigning in Michigan• 2012: Chicago Teachers’ Union strike• 2013- : Anti-testing movement• 2013- : Bad Ass Teachers (BATs)• 2013- : Social union shift• Strategic use of social media
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Framework
• Post-crisis “turning period”• Social movements must:– Rethink critical concepts– Engage in new forms of organizing– Go on the offensive– Build on union resources without relying on
unions exclusively
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Rethinking Concepts
• “The Schools Our Children Deserve”– Identifies essential components of rich education– Demands this for all children– Shifts discourse from “my” to “our”– Shifts discourse from career readiness
• Chicago, Portland (OR), St. Paul (MN)
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New Forms of Organization
• Social movement unionism• But, unions can’t do it all– Inappropriate actions for unions– Distrust of unions– Not all teachers are unionized
• Importance of parent groups• Larger social movements
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Taking the Offensive
• Engaging the media– Social media– MSM?
• Withdrawing organizational support for Democrats
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The Future of Education Reform?
• There’s a turning point, but there are challenges– Rethinking what schools should do– Uniting across urban/suburban (racial) divides– Broadening from municipal level activism
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The Shifting Terrain of Grassroots Mobilization and the Future of
Education Reform in the United States
Rachel K. BricknerDepartment of Politics
Acadia University (Canada)
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Objectivo
• Desarrollar un marco téorico para entender el movimiento de activistas a favor de la educación pública
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Esta Presentación
• El contexto• La reforma neoliberal de la educación• El nuevo movimiento de activistas a favor de
la educación pública• El marco téorico• Los desafíos del movimiento
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El Contexto Histórico
• “A Nation at Risk” (1983)• Cómo arreglar las escuelas que fracansan*?
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Aspectos de la education neoliberal
• Creación del mercado competitivo para las escuelas
• Preparar los estudiantes como trabajadores, no como los ciudadanos – “college and career ready”
• Influencia de los actores poderosos y adinerados
• Policias contra los sindicatos• El fin de la educación pública?
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Causas del Descontento
• Los efectos de las reformas sobre los estudiantes pobres, minoritarios
• Demasiados exámenes• Énfasis en matemáticas, la lectura• Ausencia de democracia • Las policias contra los sindicatos y profesores• La privatización de las escuelas públicas
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Un Nuevo Movimiento a Favor de la Educación Pública
• 2011 -12: Protestas, elecciones en Wisconsin• 2011-12: Protestas, elecciones en Michigan• 2012: Huelga del Sindicato de los maestros de Chicago• 2013- : Movimiento contra los exámenes
estandarizados• 2013- : “Bad Ass Teachers” (BATs)• 2013- : Sindicatos democráticos y activistas • Uso estratégico de Facebook, Twitter, blogs…
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Marco Teórico
• Despúes de la crisis de 2008• Hay que los movimientos sociales :– Repensar los conceptos críticos– Participatar en nuevas formas de organización– Ser proactivo– Utilizar los recursos sindicales…y los de otros
organizaciones• (Paulson et al.)
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Repensar los Conceptos
• “The Schools Our Students Deserve”– Identifica los aspectos importantes de la
educación– Demanda una educación rica para todos – De “mis hijos” a “nuestros hijos”– Ed. es mas que preparación para el trabajo
• Chicago, Portland (OR), St. Paul (MN)
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Nuevas Formas de Organización
• Sindicalismo mas activista y democrática• Pero sindicatos son limitados– Hay acciones que no pueden hacer los sindicatos– Hay desconfianza social de los sindicatos– Hay maestros no sindicalizadas
• Importancia de organizaciones de madres y padres
• Movimientos sociales mas grandes
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Ser Proactivo
• Twitter, Facebook, Blogs• Retirar su appoyo a los Demócratas
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Desafíos del Movimiento
• Repensar el propósito de la educación pública• Las divisiones entre las comunidades urbanas,
suburbanas• Activism al nivel estatal, federal