Full Description
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.
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
