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Education and the Commercial Mindset / Samuel E. Abrams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (432 p.) : 12 charts, 20 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674545786
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 379.1 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2806.36 .A36 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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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
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674545786

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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