ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1998, American Education and Corporations, provides a detailed study of the effects of commercialisation on the public school system. The book provides a powerful indictment of corporate culture and its influence on American public schooling, within a clear theoretical framework. The book looks at the threat of corporate culture to public education and advocates an understanding of the democratic importance of schooling as a public good.

chapter Chapter 1|40 pages

Schools as Sites for Consumer Materialism

chapter Chapter 2|20 pages

Corporate Culture and Schools

Consultants in Search of New Markets

chapter Chapter 3|50 pages

The Kroger Connection

chapter Chapter 4|62 pages

Privatization and the Future of Public Schooling

chapter Chapter 5|37 pages

Critically Transitive Teachers