The Fraught Connection between State and School
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| Title: | The Fraught Connection between State and School |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Labaree, David F. |
| Source: | Phi Delta Kappan. Dec 2022-Jan 2023 104(4):34-40. |
| 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: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Public Schools, Citizenship Education, Educational History, United States History, Social Mobility, Employment Opportunities, Human Capital, Economic Development, Social Influences, Social Systems, School Role, Social Bias, Educational Finance, State Government |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00317217221142982 |
| ISSN: | 0031-7217 1940-6487 |
| Abstract: | Public schooling in the 19th century cultivated in students a shared sense of identity as citizens with a common culture. However, posits David Labaree, U.S. schools are less effective than they used to be at serving this purpose, making their value to the nation-state open to questioning. Labaree considers three common functions that public schools serve for the state--legitimacy, economic productivity, and civic community--and questions how well schools serve, or even undermine, these purposes. Schools rely on the state for support, but that support is in danger if systems of schooling promote division and are not perceived as promoting a common good. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1358184 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Public schooling in the 19th century cultivated in students a shared sense of identity as citizens with a common culture. However, posits David Labaree, U.S. schools are less effective than they used to be at serving this purpose, making their value to the nation-state open to questioning. Labaree considers three common functions that public schools serve for the state--legitimacy, economic productivity, and civic community--and questions how well schools serve, or even undermine, these purposes. Schools rely on the state for support, but that support is in danger if systems of schooling promote division and are not perceived as promoting a common good. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-7217 1940-6487 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00317217221142982 |
