Combat zone : the continuing war against the public schools

"This book treats this war as part of an extensive social movement that is conducting wars also against government and science, as well as against women, immigrants, the poor (but not against poverty), and, certainly, against unions. However, the book focuses on the war against the public schoo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Shapiro, Arthur S., 1928- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2018]
Subjects
Public schools > United States.
Privatization in education > United States.
Education > Aims and objectives > United States.
Educational accountability > United States.
Education > Standards > United States.
Education > Schools > Types > Public.
Independent schools, private education.
Schools and pre-schools.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806607624
DOI10.1108/978-1-64113-351-7
Physical Description1 online resource (234 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Check list for destroying public education
  • How the war plays out on the battlefield
  • The value of public education: the case for the public schools as absolutely indispensable for our modern democracy
  • The wars
  • Social movements: what are they? how do they work?
  • The arsenal of weapons (conceptual tools) in this battle (here's the plan to insiders)
  • The great rip-off: education as a corporate money-maker
  • What weapons are being used to attack our kids?
  • Attacking public school teachers
  • Fire bombing public schools
  • If we privatize education, who's in charge? a major shift in the control of our public schools
  • Stealth attacks: ambushing educators and schools
  • Peaceful resolutions: lessons to be learned, developing reconciliation strategies, and recommendations to save our public schools
  • Unintended consequences and a very quirky summary, some conclusions and a few implications.

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