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Confronting Neoliberal Education: Policy Reform, Institutional Negotiations, and Possibilities for Structural Change

Sat, April 9, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Marriott Marquis, Floor: Level Two, Marquis Salon 7

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium brings together a diverse set of studies that are concerned with the broad question of how neoliberalism shapes the social-structural contexts for justice oriented educational reform efforts. Panelists will present original, empirical research on how neoliberalism defines problems and possibilities within policy-making and reform projects; exacerbates and/or alleviates social, economic, and racial inequalities; shapes spaces of grassroots engagement/resistance; and opens or constrains possibilities for equitable outcomes.

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