ABSTRACT
Fueled by a growing sentiment to privatize government functions, privatization in education will remain an important topic in the first decade of the new millennium. So far, however, privatization is more sound and fury than a force actually reshaping public education. Traditional providers of products and services, such as textbook companies, still dominate the for-profit education industry, but vouchers and charter schools may presage the future of privatization in K-12 education.
