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

ISBN-13: 9780415950466 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 248 str.

Kenneth J. Saltman

Opis

Illustrating the successes, failures, and ultimate demise of the largest for-profit manager of public schools, Saltman argues that the failures of The Edison Schools offer valuable lessons for the remaining educational management organizations.

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.