Privatization and the Education of Marginalized Children ─ Policies, Impacts, and Global Lessons

Privatization and the Education of Marginalized Children examines the issue of markets in education as they shape educational opportunities for disadvantaged children—for better or worse—in countries around the globe. With chapters written by leading scholars in the field of international education, this book pursues questions of equity and markets, privatization and opportunity, and policies and outcomes, and it explores the potential, promises, and empirical evidence on the role of market mechanisms. Offering insights from theoretical as well as international-comparative perspectives, this volume will appeal to researchers and students of education-focused public policy, sociology, and international economics. A timely contribution to the field, Privatization and the Education of Marginalized Children aims to resolve the limitations of state-run schools by addressing the larger societal exclusions and segregation of communities in which these schools exist.

Bekisizwe S. Ndimande is Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching and Faculty Associate in the African American Studies program at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Christopher Lubienski is Professor of Education Policy at Indiana University, a fellow with the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado and Sir Walter Murdoch Visiting Professor at Murdoch University in Western Australia.