About Joel Spring
Born 1940. Joel Spring is an American academic.
Joel H. Spring (born September 24, 1940 ) is an American academic at the City University of New York who specializes in American and global educational policy. His major research interests are history of education, globalization and education, multicultural education, Native American culture, the politics of education, and human rights education. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Selected works
Pedagogies of Globalization: The Rise of the Educational Security State, (2006) How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society (2004) Education and the Rise of the Global Economy (1998) A Primer of Libertarian Education (1975)
Textbooks American Education (now in its 19th edition, 2020) The American School: From the Puritans to the Trump Era (now in its 10th edition, 2018) Conflict of Interests: The Politics of American Education (now in its 5th edition)
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American academic
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Joel Spring was born on 24 September 1940 in San Diego.
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