Educational Partnerships and the State: The Paradoxes of Governing Schools, Children, and Families

Download or read book Educational Partnerships and the State: The Paradoxes of Governing Schools, Children, and Families written by B. Franklin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational Partnerships and the State is a compelling collection of essays by an international group of scholars that provides a critical exploration of the role of partnerships in contemporary educational reform. Their focus is on the expanding role that collaboration between the public and private sector has come to play in the governing of schools, children, and families in response to an array of worldwide economic and social changes. The contributors to this volume highlight the new relationship between civil society and the state through partnerships and what that linkage has come to mean for an array of educational issues including academic achievement, school governance, school parent-relationships, teacher education, the construction of family and community involvement, and the discourses of reform as practices that order participation and action.