Paving the road for market reforms in education -- Education: between social entitlement and the discourse of rights -- Visions of the purposes of education: democracy, human development, and the market-managerial approach -- The educational and social consequences of markets in education -- The building of public education in Israel -- The retreat from state education -- The future of public education
Summary
Examines the process of the building of the public education system in Israel. This book describes the significance of public schooling in the process of nation-building, and in the building of a democracy