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Education and the Commercial Mindset / Samuel E. Abrams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abrams, Samuel E., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Privatization in education.
- Education and state.
- School management and organization.
- Educational accountability.
- School improvement programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (428 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The movement to privatize K–12 education is stronger than ever. Samuel Abrams examines the rise of market forces in public education and reveals how a commercial mindset that sidesteps fundamental challenges has taken over. Nevertheless, public schools should adopt lessons from the business world, such as raising teacher salaries to attract talent.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Fundamental Change
- 2. Market Discipline
- 3. On the Wire
- 4. Reprise
- 5. The Governor’s Proposal
- 6. Waterloo
- 7. Redefinition
- 8. Market Failure
- 9. The Fourth Way
- 10. Limits
- 11. A Distant Mirror
- 12. Across the Gulf
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780674545809
- 067454580X
- 9780674545786
- 0674545788
- OCLC:
- 947118797
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