Samuel Abrams has a stop-over in Iceland and presents his book.<\/p>\n
Drawing on his book, Education and the Commercial Mindset<\/em><\/a> (Harvard University Press, 2016), Samuel E. Abrams will discuss the divergent paths taken by education policymakers in Chile, Finland, Sweden, and the United States. In addition, Abrams will address the implications of Donald Trump\u2019s victory for schooling in the United States.<\/p>\n Writing in The New York Review of Books<\/em>, Diane Ravitch described Education and the Commercial Mindset<\/em> as \u201can elegant analysis of the workings of market forces in education.\u201d Reviewing the book for Teachers College Record<\/em>, Margaret Stange-Topkins described it as \u201cexceptionally balanced, meticulously researched, and rooted in a deep understanding of the historical, cultural, and social antecedents of the widespread use of business practices and norms in education.\u201d<\/p>\n This excerpt<\/a> from Education and the Commercial Mindset <\/em>concerning Finnish education policy was published by The Stanford Social Innovation Review<\/em>. For an interview with Abrams about his book, see this column<\/a> by Valerie Strauss for The Washington Post<\/em>. Los Angeles Times published an opinion piece by Abrams on this January 9th<\/sup> titled \u201cForget charter schools and vouchers \u2014 here are five business ideas school reformers should adopt<\/a>\u201d, where he critically examines and rejects the business ideas normally adopted, but suggests different ones, - from business but also from Nordic education \u2013 that should be considered.<\/p>\n Abrams is the director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education<\/a> at Teachers College, Columbia University. In addition to Education and the Commercial Mindset<\/em>, his publications include a chapter on Nordic education in Utbildningsekonomi: Om l\u00e4randets v\u00e4rde<\/em><\/a> (Natur och Kultur, 2017). Committed to sports as well as scholarship, Abrams is a veteran coach in the Ice Hockey in Harlem program.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Samuel Abrams has a stop-over in Iceland and presents his book. Drawing on his book, Education and the Commercial Mindset (Harvard University Press, 2016), Samuel E. Abrams will discuss the divergent paths taken by education policymakers in Chile, Finland, Sweden, … Continue reading