The Edison Schools: Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education

ISBN-13: 9780415948418 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 248 str.

Kenneth J. Saltman; Saltman J. Saltman

Opis

The story of the Edison Schools is a gripping tale of money, kids, and greed. What began in the 1980s as an enterprise to transform public schools quickly became a troubled business battling falling test scores and dismal stock prices. How did the most ambitious for-profit education company in U.S. history lose respect, money, and credibility in such a short time?
Revealing how American McEducation went from glory to crisis, The Edison Schools tracks entrepreneur Christopher Whittle's plan to introduce a standardized nationwide curriculum and cut administrative waste. Education specialist Kenneth J. Saltman finds that the critics' predictions came true in Edison schools across the country: Experienced teachers left in droves, students were virtually given answers to standardized tests to drive up scores, and difficult students were "counselored" out.

Spis treści

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Series Editors' Introduction Introduction: Pledging Allegiance to the Corporation Chapter One: Rise and Fall Chapter Two: But Does it Work? Chapter Three: Edron: Two Brief Studies in Corporate Unaccountability Chapter Four: No Contest: Edison's Takeover of the Philadelphia Schools and the Lessons of Public School Competition Chapter Five: Corporate Schooling and the Future of the Public Index

O autorze

Kenneth J. Saltman is Assistant Professor, Social and Cultural Studies in Education, DePaul University.