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	~~Teachers as Grantseekers: <br>~~		comment5,
	~~The Privatization of the~~
	~~Urban Public School Teacher<br>~~
	~~SARA FREEDMAN <br>~~
	~~Boston College~~


	~~"grantseeking~~, ~~primarily but not exclusively promoted by numerous~~
	~~private and corporate foundations, has introduced urban teachers to and fostered~~
	~~among them some of the central tenets of the movement to privatize education—to~~
	~~“market” one’s teaching as a product"~~

	~~"The stark contrast between the very closed world of this teacher’s~~
	~~school—literally locked away from the outside world—and the expansive, seemingly~~
	~~boundless world that corporate and private foundation- sponsored grant competitions~~
	~~were apparently inviting urban teachers to enter struck me with great force."~~

	~~"funding agencies, as well as many teachers, now~~
	~~promote the idea that the “good” teacher, especially the “good” urban~~
	~~teacher, accepts responsibility for and is adept at raising such funds for her~~
	~~classroom, her school, her school system, and her own professional development."~~

	~~"Here was a teacher whose weekly, if not daily, routine was to write grants for~~
	~~herself and her school. There were enough grants to which she could apply that could~~
	~~keep her filling out such requests at the rate of two or three a week"~~

	~~severe~~
	~~problems in urban schools have especially been singled out by privatization~~
	~~advocates as a justification for the movement to privatize public schools~~

	~~teachers are also encouraged to use strategies borrowed~~
	~~from private sector marketing to describe their project as unique and guar -~~
	~~anteed to solve a myriad of teaching concerns. Marie recognizes her own~~
	~~cynicism in preparing her applications and in coming up with a catchy title...~~

	~~Such teachers combine the entrepreneurial spirit of competitive individu-~~
	~~alism with an old- fashioned devotion to meeting the needs of the pupils~~
	~~under their charge—the new professional woman combined, and in har -~~
	~~mony, with the self less, caring public servant and mother substitute.~~

	~~Those urban teachers who are uncomfortable with such self - promotion... are increasingly categorized as ineffective advo-~~
	~~cates for their own students no matter how effective they may be within~~
	~~their own classrooms, schools, or communities.~~

Tim at 22:39, 2 May 2008

2008-05-02T22:39:41Z

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Teachers as Grantseekers: <br>
The Privatization of the
Urban Public School Teacher<br>
SARA FREEDMAN <br>
Boston College

"grantseeking, primarily but not exclusively promoted by numerous
private and corporate foundations, has introduced urban teachers to and fostered
among them some of the central tenets of the movement to privatize education—to
“market” one’s teaching as a product"

"The stark contrast between the very closed world of this teacher’s
school—literally locked away from the outside world—and the expansive, seemingly
boundless world that corporate and private foundation- sponsored grant competitions
were apparently inviting urban teachers to enter struck me with great force."

"funding agencies, as well as many teachers, now
promote the idea that the “good” teacher, especially the “good” urban
teacher, accepts responsibility for and is adept at raising such funds for her
classroom, her school, her school system, and her own professional development."

"Here was a teacher whose weekly, if not daily, routine was to write grants for
herself and her school. There were enough grants to which she could apply that could
keep her filling out such requests at the rate of two or three a week"

severe
problems in urban schools have especially been singled out by privatization
advocates as a justification for the movement to privatize public schools

teachers are also encouraged to use strategies borrowed
from private sector marketing to describe their project as unique and guar -
anteed to solve a myriad of teaching concerns. Marie recognizes her own
cynicism in preparing her applications and in coming up with a catchy title...

Such teachers combine the entrepreneurial spirit of competitive individu-
alism with an old- fashioned devotion to meeting the needs of the pupils
under their charge—the new professional woman combined, and in har -
mony, with the self less, caring public servant and mother substitute.

Those urban teachers who are uncomfortable with such self - promotion... are increasingly categorized as ineffective advo-
cates for their own students no matter how effective they may be within
their own classrooms, schools, or communities.