Samuel Abrams has a stop-over in Iceland and presents his book.<\/p>\n
Samuel Abrams er h\u00f6fundur b\u00f3karinnar Education and the Commercial Mindset <\/em>sem var gefin \u00fat 2016. \u00dear rekur hann s\u00f6gu einkav\u00e6\u00f0inga hugmynda sk\u00f3lastarfs \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum og r\u00e6\u00f0ir \u00fer\u00f3unina \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndunum til samanbur\u00f0ar. Hann spyr hver s\u00e9u afdrif hugmynda um einkav\u00e6\u00f0ingu \u00ed bandar\u00edska sk\u00f3lalkerfinu, einnig \u00ed fleiri kerfum, m.a. norr\u00e6nu kerfunum. Hann sty\u00f0st vi\u00f0 r\u00edkuleg g\u00f6gn \u00ed b\u00f3k sinni og dregur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1lyktun a\u00f0 ekki hafi veri\u00f0 gengi\u00f0 til g\u00f3\u00f0s \u00e1 \u00feeirri braut sem hann r\u00e6\u00f0ir. Hins vegar telur hann a\u00f0 \u00fdmislegt megi l\u00e6ra af d\u00e6mum \u00far vi\u00f0skiptaheiminum, sbr. grein \u00ed Los Angeles Times sem vitna\u00f0 er \u00ed h\u00e9r a\u00f0 ne\u00f0an. B\u00f3k hans smellpassar inn \u00ed mikla umr\u00e6\u00f0u um \u00fer\u00f3un sk\u00f3lastarfs \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum, ekki s\u00edst n\u00fa \u00ed lj\u00f3si breyttra \u00e1herslna sem kunna a\u00f0 fylgja n\u00fdrri forystusveit \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum. Hann mun einmitt velta \u00fev\u00ed fyrir s\u00e9r hva\u00f0 s\u00e9 \u00ed v\u00e6ndum undir stj\u00f3rn Donalds Trump og Betty DeVos.<\/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. Samuel Abrams er h\u00f6fundur b\u00f3karinnar Education and the Commercial Mindset sem var gefin \u00fat 2016. \u00dear rekur hann s\u00f6gu einkav\u00e6\u00f0inga hugmynda sk\u00f3lastarfs \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum og r\u00e6\u00f0ir \u00fer\u00f3unina \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndunum … Continue reading