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A microcosm of our broader democracy, US public education is shaped by competing politics, agendas, and historical moments. A function of federal, state, and local policy, public schooling is viewed by some as a linchpin to democratic equality. Yet to others, the purpose of public education is to serve the US economy.
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Lemke, M.A. (2015). (Un)Making the Neoliberal Agenda in Public Education. In: Sturges, K.M. (eds) Neoliberalizing Educational Reform. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-977-7_3
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