New information technologies combined with the restructuring of
school districts has led to dramatic changes in public education.
Technologies are intended to help students compete in the global
marketplace, and organizational restructuring has been a way to
increase productivity and accountability. Yet, a closer look at the
interplay of these two phenomena suggests the emergence of new,
less promising power relations. While decision-making authority is
becoming increasingly centralized, accountability for centrally
made decisions is increasingly becoming distributed to those along
the periphery - students and teachers. Through detailed
ethnographic research and interviews in a large urban school
system, this book reports on the first extensive study of
globalization and technology in education, describing examples of
'globalization on the ground'. With few exceptions, information
technologies are used to demand greater flexibility of students and
workers to adapt to systems that are evermore rigid and
controlling. This is the latest addition to the popular Social
Theory, Education and Cultural Change series.
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