The Great American Education-Industrial Complex: Ideology, Technology, and Profit

ISBN-13: 9780415524148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 190 str.

Anthony A. Picciano; Joel Spring

Opis

This title examines the structure and nature of national networks and enterprises that seek to influence public education policy in accord with their own goals and objectives.

Spis treści

Preface  1. Introduction to the Education-Industrial Complex and the Power of Networks  2. The Flat World as Shaped by the Shadow Elite  3. Technology in American Education  4. Corporate Influences: No Child Left Behind, Privatization, and Commercialization  5. Profits, Products and Privatization  6. Foundations and Think Tanks: Policies and Ideas Supporting the Educational-Industrial Complex  7. Media: News Media, Edutainment and the Education-Industrial Complex  8. Conclusion: "A Nation at Risk" Redux  About the Authors  Index