The war against America's public schools : privatizing schools, commercializing education / Gerald W. Bracey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bracey, Gerald W. (Gerald Watkins)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization in education--United States.

Privatization in education.

United States.

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

Physical Description:

x, 213 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Allyn and Bacon, [2002]

Contents:

Part I The War on America's Public Schools 1

Enemies of the Public Schools 4

2 Dueling Visions 15

3 The Master Myth: Money Doesn't Matter 18

The Correlation between Spending and Outcomes in Schools 18

The SATs and State Participation Rates 19

Studying the Studies: A Closer Look at Methodology 21

Does Spending Equal Achievement? 23

Education Spending in America: Too Much Outlay for Too Little Return? 28

Kansas City: A Lesson in School Spending 30

What Spending Can Achieve 31

4 The Historical Context 35

The Factory Model of Schooling 35

5 The Condition of American Public Education 44

The European Model for Secondary Education 46

The Connection between Students, Work, and Performance 52

Misleading Impressions 53

Domestic Data on the Condition of Education 56

Part II Invasion of the Privatizers 63

6 Charter Schools 65

The Genesis of Charter Schools 67

Opposition to the Charter Movement 68

The Popularity of Charter Schools 69

Turning the Charter "Vision" into a Reality 71

Three Case Studies: Arizona, California, and Michigan, and a Glimpse at Ohio 72

Charter Schools and Public School Funding 101

7 Private Schools and the Private Management of Public Schools 103

General Trends 104

Private Management Companies 105

The "Education Industry": Wall Street Takes Notice 136

Milken's Knowledge Universe (KU): His Own Private Galaxy 141

8 Vouchers Public and Private 149

John Stuart Mill and the Concept of Vouchers 149

Comparing Vouchers and Charters 150

A Nation of Vouchers: Chile 166

Vouchers in U.S. Cities 169

The Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation (CEO America) 180

9 Commercialism in the Schools 185

Mike Cameron Loses His Shirt: A Tale for Our Times 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.

ISBN:

0321080734

OCLC:

46713133