Big Box Schools - Race, Education, and the Danger of the Wal Martization of Public

Big Box Schools examines the current educational reform movement and the negative impact of the adoption of the big box business model to public education, especially on students, families, and communities of color for whom the public school system is the only option.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Public Schools and Pathways to Prosperity
Chapter 2: History of Race and Public Education in America
Chapter 3: Education as a Profit Machine
Chapter 4: Race, Public Education and the Wal-Mart Model
Chapter 5: Education and Today's Black Working-Class: Low Quality, Low Prices, Low Wages
Chapter 6: Does Common Core Make Common Sense?
Chapter 7: Plutocracies the Displacement of Indigenous Organizations and Educational Leaders
Chapter 8: Fighting Back: Changing Trajectory of Public Education in America
Chapter 9: Worth the Fight

About the author

By Lori Latrice Martin

Summary

Big Box Schools examines the current educational reform movement and the negative impact of the adoption of the big box business model to public education, especially on students, families, and communities of color for whom the public school system is the only option.

Product details

• Authors: Lori Martin, Lori Latrice Martin
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781498510639
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1063-9
• No. of pages: 1
• Series: Race and Education in the Twen; Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century; Race and Education in the Twen
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system