Neoliberal-Racist Creep: The Steady Dismantling of Indianapolis Public Schools
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| Title: | Neoliberal-Racist Creep: The Steady Dismantling of Indianapolis Public Schools |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Bryan J. Duarte (ORCID |
| Source: | Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education. 2025 57(4):855-875. |
| Availability: | Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Neoliberalism, Racism, Educational Change, School Choice, Portfolios (Background Materials), Models, Policy Analysis, Educational Policy |
| Geographic Terms: | Indiana (Indianapolis) |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11256-025-00735-x |
| ISSN: | 0042-0972 1573-1960 |
| Abstract: | Neoliberal reforms have largely overlooked the systemic, structural issues that worsen racial inequity and marginalization within public education. As a result, this study uses critical policy analysis and neoliberal racism to highlight the on-the-ground, specific, and nuanced "practiced reality" of school choice policies, which are embedded within the neoliberal and racist macrosocial discursive structures of public schooling in the 21st century. We focus our study on the thriving school choice market in Indianapolis, through which competition, politics, and venture philanthropy have transformed the traditional public school district into its own portfolio model of choice options. We attempt to untangle the convoluted and insidious web disguised as a portfolio model and surface how neoliberal racism worked to further entangle Indianapolis Public School's (IPS) school choice landscape. The findings of this study underscore the pervasive influence of neoliberal racism within the IPS portfolio model. By employing CPA and neoliberal racism, we were able to nuance how market-based reforms have perpetuated racial and economic inequities within IPS particularly as the portfolio model exemplifies the deep entrenchment of neoliberal principles in public education. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1496769 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Neoliberal reforms have largely overlooked the systemic, structural issues that worsen racial inequity and marginalization within public education. As a result, this study uses critical policy analysis and neoliberal racism to highlight the on-the-ground, specific, and nuanced "practiced reality" of school choice policies, which are embedded within the neoliberal and racist macrosocial discursive structures of public schooling in the 21st century. We focus our study on the thriving school choice market in Indianapolis, through which competition, politics, and venture philanthropy have transformed the traditional public school district into its own portfolio model of choice options. We attempt to untangle the convoluted and insidious web disguised as a portfolio model and surface how neoliberal racism worked to further entangle Indianapolis Public School's (IPS) school choice landscape. The findings of this study underscore the pervasive influence of neoliberal racism within the IPS portfolio model. By employing CPA and neoliberal racism, we were able to nuance how market-based reforms have perpetuated racial and economic inequities within IPS particularly as the portfolio model exemplifies the deep entrenchment of neoliberal principles in public education. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-0972 1573-1960 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11256-025-00735-x |
