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In the same way, neoliberalism has been a major public policy that has been driving school reform in the United States. Using an efficiency model of schooling, the World Bank proposes that the more schools are privatized the more efficiency they will have and the less pressure there will be on governments to fund public education. Free-market or open-market ideology is inherently antithetical to high levels of government involvement. However, governments are expected to rush to the aide of corporations with taxpayers’ money as incentives to start and maintain businesses, and to provide financial bailouts in times of recession.
The United Nations (UN) also illuminated in significance as a global arbitrator, charged with the task of helping to mediate international conflicts, and with helping to safeguard against the prospects of another world war. The United Nations was also instrumental in advocating redevelopment and peace through its education platform; thus, acknowledging that the relationship between economic development and education was central for the well-being and stability of nations. Generally, low levels of educational achievement signals to economists, politicians, educators, and citizens that the competitive advantages of having a highly qualified workforce are in jeopardy, and resulting social problems and discontents are on the horizon.
S. school achievement levels. S. ranked 19th out of 40 countries in reading,” and “20th in science, and 28th in math,” and was outperformed by countries like Finland, South Korea, Singapore, and Canada, among others (Darling-Hammond, 2007). She also reported that most European and Asian countries educate and graduate almost all of their students. According to Darling-Hammond (2007), from the PISA study, it was clear that countries with high achievement levels, like Singapore, had a very well-trained teacher workforce, where the top third of high school graduating students are recruited into the teaching profession.