Dr. David Labaree

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David Labaree is a sociologically oriented historian of education whose research explores major processes and patterns that define the relationship between education and society in the United States. His work analyzes the evolving institutional character of educational organizations, including high schools, community colleges, and universities, as well as the evolving roles of key groups that affect education, such as teachers, teacher educators, and educational reform movements, within the broader purposes and functions of education in a liberal democracy. Over the years, Labaree's investigations have led him to focus on various major areas of study, including the pressures exerted by markets on democratic education and the peculiar nature of educational institutions as they have developed in the United States. He has held numerous academic appointments, including the position of Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford's Graduate School of Education.

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