American Education and Corporations - The Free Market Goes to School

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Deron Boyles

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Deron Boyles
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781138313453
• ISBN: 978-1-138-31345-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Higher Education; Routledge Library Editions: Higher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Advertising, marketing