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A wolf at the schoolhouse door : the dismantling of public education and the future of school / Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire.
Van Pelt Library LA217.2 .S347 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneider, Jack (Writer on education), author.
- Berkshire, Jennifer C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public schools--Political aspects--United States.
- Public schools.
- Education--Political aspects--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Political aspects.
- Right and left (Political science).
- Public schools--Political aspects.
- United States.
- Education and state--United States.
- Education and state.
- Privatization in education--United States.
- Privatization in education.
- Right and left (Political science)--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 264 pages ; 23 cm
- Distribution:
- [Place of distribution not identified] : Two Rivers Distribution.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door is about the right-wing agenda to dismantle public education, assessing the myriads of ways our education system is being eroded with privatization measures that exacerbate inequality"-- Provided by publisher.
- If America's public schools don't survive the COVID-19 pandemic, it won't just be due to the virus. The crisis had provided opponents of public education their best opportunity to dismantle our system of free, universal, and taxpayer-funded schooling. Schneider and Berkshire trace the war on public education to its origins, offering the deep backstory necessary to understand the threat presently posed to America's schools. They offer readers a lively, accessible, yet scholarly view of a decades-long conservative cause: unmaking the system that serves over 90% of students in the U.S. -- adapted from Amazon info
- Contents:
- Private values
- Faith in markets
- The cost-cutting crusade
- The war on labor
- Neo-vouchers
- The pursuit of profit
- Virtual learning
- The end of regulation
- Don't forget to leave us a review
- Selling school
- Teaching gigs
- Education, à la carte.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-250) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781620974940
- 1620974940
- OCLC:
- 1142892973
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