Two Cheers for School Bureaucracy
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| Title: | Two Cheers for School Bureaucracy |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Labaree, David F. |
| Source: | Phi Delta Kappan. Mar 2020 101(6):53-56. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Public Education, Democratic Values, Equal Education, Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Differences, Advantaged, Middle Class, Academic Achievement |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0031721720909595 |
| ISSN: | 0031-7217 |
| Abstract: | Bureaucracies are often perceived as inflexible, impersonal, hierarchical, and too devoted to rules and red tape. But David Labaree makes a case for these characteristics being a positive in the world of public education. U.S. schools are built within a liberal democratic system, where the liberal pursuit of self-interest is often in tension with the democratic pursuit of egalitarianism. In recent years, Labaree argues, schools have tilted toward the liberal side, enabling privileged families to game the system to help their children get ahead. In such a system, an impersonal bureaucracy stands as a check that ensures that the democratic side of schooling, in which all children are treated equally, remains in effect. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1244968 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Bureaucracies are often perceived as inflexible, impersonal, hierarchical, and too devoted to rules and red tape. But David Labaree makes a case for these characteristics being a positive in the world of public education. U.S. schools are built within a liberal democratic system, where the liberal pursuit of self-interest is often in tension with the democratic pursuit of egalitarianism. In recent years, Labaree argues, schools have tilted toward the liberal side, enabling privileged families to game the system to help their children get ahead. In such a system, an impersonal bureaucracy stands as a check that ensures that the democratic side of schooling, in which all children are treated equally, remains in effect. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-7217 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0031721720909595 |
