Market Mechanisms and Education Inequities: Experiences From Chile, India, South Africa, Canada, and the United States

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This interactive symposium presents data and analyses to show the extent to which market mechanisms in education shape educational opportunities for disadvantaged children—for better or worse—in Chile, Canada, India, South Africa, and the U.S. Proponents of market style education reform view that approach as means to remedy problems inherent to state-run schooling. Yet, research shows that in countries with institutionalized racial and class divisions, market style education reforms may not address persistent educational inequities. This symposium analyzes the important question of equity and markets, privatization, policy objectives, and outcomes of markets mechanisms in these respective countries. Panelists will deeply engage in the issue by addressing the larger societal exclusions and segregation of communities in which schools exist.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• Christopher A. Lubienski, Indiana University

Papers

• Economic Crisis, Charter School Expansion, and Coercive Neoliberal Urbanism in the United States - Pauline Lipman, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Why Education Markets Fail: Assessing the Impact of Market Reforms in Chile - Javier Gonzalez, University of Cambridge

• Neoliberalism and the Privatization of Urban Schools in India - Rita Verma, Adelphi University

• Marginalized Children's Perceptions of Neighborhoods in School Choice: The Case of Canada - Ee-Seul Yoon, University of Manitoba; Mei Po Kwan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• The Rise of Market Mechanisms in Education: Experiences From South Africa and the United States - Christopher A. Lubienski, Indiana University; Bekisizwe S. Ndimande, The University of Texas - San Antonio