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Publication Date: 2002
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Market Forces, Globalization and Values in Public Education.
Boyd, William Lowe
Education Canada, v42 n3 p12-15 Fall 2002
Trends fostered by globalization have increased pressures for school choice in westernized nations. A review of international research indicates that policies that increase school choice can balance the tensions inherent in simultaneously educating for diversity and social cohesion, but only if carefully designed and monitored. Civil society must be a mediating force between free market proponents and governments. (TD)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Comparative Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Free Enterprise System, Government Role, Politics of Education, Public Education, Public Policy, School Choice
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Language: English
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