1st Edition

American Education and Corporations The Free Market Goes to School

By Deron Boyles Copyright 1998
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1998, American Education and Corporations, provides a detailed study of the effects of commercialisation on the public school system. The book provides a powerful indictment of corporate culture and its influence on American public schooling, within a clear theoretical framework. The book looks at the threat of corporate culture to public education and advocates an understanding of the democratic importance of schooling as a public good.

    Illustrations

    Acknowledgements

    Introduction

    1. Schools as Sites for Consumer Materialism

    2. Corporate Culture and Schools: Consultants in Search of New Markets

    3. The Kroger Connection

    4. Privatization and the Future of Public Schooling

    5. Critically Transitive Teachers

    Index

    Biography

    Deron Boyles