American Education and Corporations: The Free Market Goes to School [Hardcover]

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

Originally published in 1998, American Education and Corporations, provides a powerful indictment of corporate culture and its influence on American public schooling, within a clear theoretical framework.