Lucas Cone
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Lucas Cone (he/him) is Assistant Professor in Education at the University of Copenhagen. His research explores the intersections between educational politics and everyday life in schools and other institutional settings. His current work investigates how the involvement of digital technologies is fueling new forms of privatization and commercialization in public education.
In November 2023, the North Tyneside Council in England announced that it would withdraw from providing catering to local schools. In August that year, lawmakers in Austin, Texas, passed a law allowing unlicensed chaplains to work as school counsellors, while in March in Gauteng, staff working in South Africa’s National...
Carrying the community: how privatization and funding shortfalls are affecting Education Support Personnel