The Ideology of Education: The Commonwealth, the Market, and America's Schools

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ACT. See Test scores Adams, John, 106 Alexander, F. King, 52, 54, 56, 61, 62, 84, 90, 98 Almond, Gabriel, 103, 106 American Federation of Teachers, 138 Apple, Michael, 19, 25, 128 Arnstine, Donald, 10, 47, 59, 101, 108 Ascher, Carol, 137 Ball, Stephen, 135 Barber, Benjamin, 3, 8, 9, 12, 14, 99 Becker, Gary, 20, 29, 128 Bennett, William, 10, 129 Berliner, David, 6, 13, 128, 129, 132 Biddle, Bruce, 6, 13, 128, 129, 132 Bishop, John, 16, 20, 21, 26 Blais, Andre, 145 Blaug, Mark, 27 Bobo, Lawrence, 111, 114, 118 Boggs, Rebecca, 53 Boix, Charles, 104, 105 Borjas, George, 28 Borrowman, Merle, 12 Bound, John, 22 Bourdieu, Pierre, 12, 108 Bowe, Richard, 135 Bowles, Samuel, 29 Boyd, William, 146 Box, Richard, 2, 5 Brace, Paul, 32, 33, 152n Bracey, Gerald, 26 Brehm, John, 106 Brighouse, Harry, 48, 55 Brill, Alida, 116 Brown v. Board of Education, 8, 49 Brown, Byron, 135 Buchanan, James, 4, 7 Burtless, Gary, 21, 22, 23, 24, 151n Callan, Eamon, 2, 3, 8, 12, 48, 77, 99, 142 Campbell, Angus, 3 Card, David, 54 Carson, C. C., 26, 131 Carter, John, 145 Center on National Education Policy, 8 Center on Policy Attitudes, 155n Chambers, M.M., 56 Chubb, John, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 20, 22, 47, 51, 54, 56, 62, 76, 77, 81, 82, 83, 85, 89, 90, 91, 98, 128, 136, 139, 140, 153n Civic capital: Catholic schools and, 124–125; defined, 105; determinants of, 120–121; education and, 108–113, 124; measure of, 154n, 167–169; private schools and, 115–116, 121–122, 123; race, class and, 114–116, 122, 123; schools and, 112–115. See also Social capital, Education 191 Index Clark, Burton, 6 Clark, S.D., 28 Cline, Zulmar, 54, 57 Coleman, James, 22, 31, 48, 49, 60, 67, 83 Coleman Report, 48–49 Commonwealth: civic culture and, 143–145; democracy and, 9; perspective on public education, 2, 102–103; school goals and, 77–80, 101–102; values of, 14, 47, 127 145–146. See also Education, Market, Public education Conflict theory, 12, 29, 102, 108, 109, 127 Consensus theory, 12, 76, 102 Cook, Philip, 29 Cookson, Peter, 1, 2, 3, 11, 78, 113 Cox, Harvey, 1 Cremin, Lawrence, 8, 9, 12, 102, 154n Cuban, Larry, xi, 9, 12, 19, 84, 85, 128, 131, 146, 147, 148 Darity, William, 28 David, Martin, 50 Dempsey, Van, 10 Denison, Edward, 24 De Leon, Peter, xi De Tocqueville, Alexander, 104 De Young, Alan, 21, 29, 106 Dewey, John, 12, 77, 99 Downs, Anthony, 4 Dudley, Robert, 32 Dye, Thomas, 32 Eccles, Jeremy, 52, 53, 57, 89 Economic productivity: cultural and educational determinants of, 29–31, 34, 35–45. See also Education, Market Edison Project, 137, 138, 139, 156n Education: as ideology, 13–18, 127, 150; culture and, 43–44 105–108, 143; economic purposes of, 19–20, 102, 129; economic returns of, 22–24, 31–32; efficiency and equity in, 51, 61–62, 73; equality of educational opportunity and, 60, 67, 71; external efficiency of, 22, 24, 47, 48; for profit , 136–139, 148; goals of, 75–78, 101–102, 103; goals, determinants of, 89–98, 163, 164–166; goals, institutional structure and, 78–80, 81–84; goals, measurement of, 84–86; goals, school type and, 86–89; inequities in, 52, 54–55; information on, 133; internal efficiency of, 22, 23, 24, 47, 48, 72; money and, 50–57, 60–61; outcomes of, 51; production functions , 51–53, 73, 151n; public opinion and, 155n; religious, 98, 99, 144, 149. See also Public education , Market, Commonwealth, Human capital, Test scores, Texas Education Alternatives Inc., 137–138, 139, 156n Elazar, Daniel, 34, 104, 145, 152n Engel, Michael, 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13 Finn, Chester, 7 Flathman, Richard, 114 Fogel, Robert, 31 Fosler, R. Scott, 21, 24 Friedenberg, Edgar, 27, 58 Friedman, Milton, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 48, 51, 55, 56, 90, 128 Fukuyama, Francis, 104 Fuller, Howard, 141 Functionalism, 6, 19, 75, 103, 129, 134 Gaebler, Ted, 77, 146 Gallup, Alec, 132, 154n Garand, James, 32 Garrett, Geoffrey, 32 Gerstner, Louis, 1, 20, 77, 136 Gibson, Frank, 52 Gill, Jeff, 38, 41, 160 Gintis, Herbert, 29 192 Index Glenn, David, xi Goodlad, John, 132 Gould, Stephen Jay, 59, 134, 151n Graham, John, 29 Granato, Jim, 103, 105 Greene, Jay, 4, 47, 103, 112, 114, 141, 151n Guttman, Amy, 12, 48, 77, 99 Halchin, Elaine, 13 Halsey, A...