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Carpetbagging America's public schools : the radical reconstruction of public education / Curtis J. Cardine.
Van Pelt Library LB2806.36 .C3637 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cardine, Curtis J., 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charter schools--United States.
- Charter schools.
- United States.
- Public schools--United States.
- Public schools.
- Privatization in education--United States.
- Privatization in education.
- Educational vouchers--Law and legislation--United States.
- Educational vouchers.
- Educational vouchers--Law and legislation.
- School choice--United States.
- School choice.
- Education--United States--Finance.
- Education.
- Finance.
- Education--Finance.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- Summary:
- This book is a forensic accounting analysis of the financial effects of twenty years of charter schools and vouchers on the publics investment in public education.
- Contents:
- 1 Perspective 8
- 2 Carpetbagging 18
- 3 Rise of the Petty Academies 27
- 4 Schools for the Adults 37
- 5 The Road to Perdition 39
- 6 Economic Theories in Use 45
- 7 Mind-Sets about Public Schools 54
- 8 Schooling Alone 57
- 9 Private Ownership of Public Assets 60
- 10 Mission Failure: Academic Results 63
- 11 Real Choice: Debunking the Rhetoric 74
- 12 Teachers in the Charter and Private Systems 82
- 13 Teacher Compensation in Charters 91
- 14 Administrative Costs versus Classroom Spending 98
- 15 Academic Red Flags 102
- 16 Unsustainable Debt and Financing Irregularities 106
- 17 Failure Is Not an Option 114
- 18 Following the Money 123
- 19 Choosing Profits over Children 132
- 20 Selective Memory 140
- 21 Running Schools for the Adults 143
- 22 Choosing High Administrative Costs 149
- 23 Inside Job: Real Estate Acquisitions 153
- 24 Charter Law in Arizona 157
- 25 Stand and Deliver: Probe Vertically, See Horizontally 164
- 26 Ideals versus Ideology 168
- 27 Situational Ethics 172
- 28 Overspending of Revenues AKA Net Losses 181
- 29 Opportunism 185
- 30 A Unique Meta-Analysis of the Financial Data 192
- 31 Behavior Can Be Regulated 198
- 32 The Essential Questions 206
- 33 Money Talks 211
- 34 Conclusions and Recommendations for Action 220.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1475840195
- 9781475840193
- 1475840209
- 9781475840209
- OCLC:
- 1002124650
- Publisher Number:
- 40027881013
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