Kenneth J. Saltman Knihy

"Saltman wrestles with the contradiction between the demand for radical empiricism ("data driven" everything) in contemporary education, and the flight from evidence in the enactment of policy and politics"-- Provided by publisher

The book explores the increasing corporatization of public schools, highlighting incidents involving corporate branding and military influence in education. It argues that this trend is part of a larger assault on the public sector, linking the privatization of education to globalization and local conflicts over curriculum, schools, and cultural identity. Through various case studies, it sheds light on the implications of corporate involvement in education and its impact on public values.

The authors explore the manipulation of educational content by corporations, highlighting how curricula and media portray family values and compassion to promote policies that prioritize corporate profits over public welfare. They reveal the intricate connection between globalization and education while addressing the critical struggles over culture, language, and information control, framing these issues as vital to democracy and human survival.

The collection features 11 significant writings by Saltman, each accompanied by fresh contextual insights. Through a new introduction and conclusion, the author revisits the breadth of his work, reflects on the evolution of the field, and highlights future directions for research and exploration. This volume offers a comprehensive look at Saltman's contributions and the ongoing relevance of his ideas.

Focusing on the intersection of politics and education, this book explores the political dimensions inherent in schooling and examines contemporary debates surrounding educational reform. It delves into how political influences shape educational policies and practices, offering insights into the complexities of these interactions. Through this lens, readers gain a deeper understanding of the forces that drive change in the education system.

From drugging kids into attention and reviving behaviorism to biometric measurements of teaching and learning Scripted Bodies exposes a brave new world of education in the age of repression. Scripted Bodies examines how corporeal control has expanded in education, how it impacts the mind and thinking, and the ways that new technologies are integral to the expansion of control. Scripted Bodies contends that this rise in repression must be understood in relation to the broader economic, political, and cultural forces that have produced an increasingly authoritarian society. This book details how these new forms of corporeal control shut down the possibility of public schools developing as places where thinking becomes the organizing principle needed to contribute to a more equal, just, and democratic society.

The past decade has seen a vast expansion of resilience pedagogies, policies, and products in public education, from the Every Student Succeeds Act to social and emotional learning to grit. Educational apps, avatars, and games as well as behaviorist techniques, meditation programs, and biometric devices claim to teach resilience to adverse social conditions while new cyber schools, education brokers, global democracy promotion companies, and dropout recovery firms promise schools resilience to disaster and disruption. The Disaster of Resilience shows how resilience discourse is interwoven with the new digital directions of educational privatization. Saltman argues that resilience has provided the justification for new educational profiteering, creating a climate which individualizes collective responsibilities, depoliticizes and dehistoricizes knowledge and curriculum, and falsely grounds its politics in a mashup of pseudo-science and human capital theory. He argues that we must replace resilience discourse with pedagogies and curriculum that allow students not only to endure the intolerable conditions they find themselves in, but to see beyond those conditions and to act collectively on the social, economic, and racial injustices that created them. The book includes a preface by Neil Selwyn (Monash University, Australia).