Schools: The New Frontier in Capitalist America

public schools;democracy;capitalism;public education;College of Arts and Sciences: Liberal Studies

Offrink, Sally J.Flint ;

University of Michigan

关键词: public schools;    democracy;    capitalism;    public education;    College of Arts and Sciences: Liberal Studies;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

Education in the United States has been lauded as the great leveler o f class, race and gender inequality. However, because education is linked to the economic structure of the country, in this case capitalism, it changes to support the economic climate. In this thesis, I examine how education supports and perpetuates the agents of capitalism and facilitates corporate profit. Furthermore, it will reflect on educating for democracy, and look at education as an agent for social change.