Capitalizing on disaster : taking and breaking public schools / Kenneth J. Saltman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saltman, Kenneth J., 1969-

Series:

Cultural politics & the promise of democracy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization in education.

Disaster relief--Economic aspects.

Disaster relief.

Capitalism.

School management and organization.

Education--Social aspects.

Education.

Physical Description:

viii, 175 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

Breaking new ground in studies of business involvement in schooling, Capitalizing on Disaster dissects the most powerful educational reforms and highlights their relationship to the rise of powerful think tanks and business groups. The new face of educational privatization replaces public schooling with EMOs, vouchers, and charter schools at an alarming rate. In both disaster and nondisaster areas, officials designate schools as failed in order to justify replacement with new, unproven models. Saltman examines how privatization policies such as No Child Left Behind are designed to deregulate schools, favoring business while undermining public oversight. Examining current policies in New Orleans, Chicago, and Iraq, Capitalizing on Disaster shows how the struggle for public schooling is essential to the struggle for a truly democratic society.

Contents:

Introduction : Smash and grab : schooling in disaster capitalism

Silver linings and golden opportunities : the corporate plunder of public schooling in post-Katrina New Orleans

Creative Associates International, Incorporated : corporate schooling and "democracy promotion" in Iraq

Renaissance 2010 and No Child Left Behind : breaking and taking schools and communities

Conclusion : From dispossession to possession : making educational facts on the ground.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594513817

1594513813

9781594513824

1594513821

OCLC:

77821617