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1) Reign of error: the hoax of the privatization movement and the danger to America's public schools
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"From the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, "whistleblower extraordinaire" (The Wall Street Journal), one of the foremost authorities on education and the history of education in the United States, author of the best-selling The Death and Life of the Great American School System; The Language Police ("Impassioned . . . Fiercely argued . . . Every bit as alarming as it is illuminating" --The New York Times); and the now-classic Great School...
Series
Hoover Institution Press publication volume 549
Publisher
Education Next Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
19) School choice and the betrayal of democracy: how market-based education reform fails our communities
Author
Series
Rhetoric and democratic deliberation volume 26
Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Evidence shows that the increasing privatization of K-12 education siphons resources away from public schools, resulting in poorer learning conditions, underpaid teachers, and greater inequality. But, as Robert Asen reveals here, the damage that market-based education reform inflicts on society runs much deeper. At their core, these efforts are antidemocratic. Arguing that democratic communities and public education need one another, Asen examines...