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Big box schools : race, education, and the danger of the Wal-martization of public schools in America / Lori Latrice Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Lori Latrice, author.
- Series:
- Race and education in the twenty-first century.
- Race and education in the twenty-first century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racism in education--United States.
- Racism in education.
- Public schools--Economic aspects--United States.
- Public schools.
- Privatization in education--Social aspects--United States.
- Privatization in education.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Big Box Schools examines the current educational reform movement and the negative impact of the adoption of the big box business model to public education, especially on students, families, and communities of color for whom the public school system is the only option.
- Contents:
- Public schools and pathways to prosperity
- History of race and public education in America
- Education as a profit machine
- Race, public education and the Wal-mart model
- Education and today's black working-class: low quality, low prices, low wages
- Does Common Core make common sense?
- Plutocracies the displacement of indigenous organizations and educational leaders
- Fighting back: changing trajectory of public education in America
- Worth the fight.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781498510424
- 1-4985-1042-6
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