America’s

schools

need

a

paradigm.

new

How public are America’s public schools?

They may be tax funded and free, but market-based policies, exclusionary governance, insufficient funding, and structural inequities impair schools’ ability to prepare citizens, workers, neighbors, and stewards of the planet.

Publicization shows what must be done to strengthen the shared aims of public schools.

This achievable roadmap can move the country beyond decades of educational privatization. Novel insights explain how even controversial issues can be part of a broad “Publicization Project.”

Publicization is a hopeful vision of what it can mean to be an educated American and how to get there.

Praise for Publicization

“Simultaneously passionate and pragmatic, Publicization is a rich exploration of why public schools are so valued and what it will take to make them live up to their promise in the face of direct and indirect threats. Gyurko knows what he’s talking about… in a way that is straightforward, engaging, compelling, and clear.”

—Jeffrey R. Henig, professor of political science and education, Teachers College, Columbia University

“Gyurko gives us some big principles [to] structure conversations about what it means to be truly public in k - 12 education... a really thoughtful book.”

—Jack Schneider, Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Education Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst

“A compelling, insightful, and eloquent assessment of one of America’s foremost public policy challenges: how do we strengthen the publicness of our schools? Gyurko’s insider account should be mandatory reading for educators, parents, policymakers, and elected officials alike…

“The time for a ‘Publicization Project’ is now!”

—Charlie Rose, former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education

“Gyurko argues that virtually everything having to do with the running of schools could stand to be a whole lot more public… he offers concrete suggestions for how to expand their publicness.”

—Jennifer Berkshire, journalist and Bloch lecturer in Education Journalism, Yale University

About the Author

Jonathan Gyurko (pronounced GUR-koh) holds a PhD in politics and education from Teachers College, Columbia University and was the inaugural Harber Fellow in Educational Innovation at Wesleyan University. From 2000 to 2014 he led education reform efforts for the New York City Department of Education, the United Federation of Teachers, the Coalition of Public Independent Charter Schools, and as a board member of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers. He served as board secretary for DREAM Charter School and board vice president for the American Friends of Maru-a-Pula School in Gaborone, Botswana. He currently serves as president and co-founder of the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), which awards the only nationally recognized certification in effective college instruction. Gyurko attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar and began his career as a teacher at Tiger Kloof School in Vryburg, South Africa.

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