Hidden Markets: Public Policy and the Push to Privatize Education

ISBN-13: 9780367366186 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 212 str.

Patricia Burch

Opis

With updated and new material added, this new edition highlights how technology and technology policy shape the conditions for teachers’ work, the role of natural disasters as education market opportunities, and the connection between racism and educational privatization.

Spis treści

1 Trends and Origins;  　 2 Inside the Market;  3 Privatization and Its Intermediaries;  4 Shadow Privatization: Local Experiences with Supplemental Education Services;  5 Invisible Influences: For-Profit Firms and Virtual Charter Schools;  　 6 In the Interstices: Benchmark Assessments, District Contracts, and NCLB;  7 Out from the Shadows: Contracts for Remote Digital Instruction;  　 8 Working for Transparency;  Appendix A. Research Design and Methodology ;  Appendix B. New Privatization Trends and Questions Conjoined;  Appendix C. Characteristic Companies　

O autorze

Patricia Burch is Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Center on Education Policy, Equity and Governance at the University of Southern California.