Can the Market Save Our Schools?

Learning on the Job: When Business Takes on Public Schools
By Steven F. Wilson
In 2002 , the New York City schools reportedly employed half as many people as in 1993. ... of corruption and waste in large urban school systems , see Lydia Segal , Battling Corruption in America's Public Schools ( Cambridge , Mass .
Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education
By Noliwe Rooks
Cornell University professor Noliwe Rooks provides a critical account of the making and unmaking of public education in Cutting School, the first book to foreground how vast racial and eco
Cutting School: The Segrenomics of American Education
By Noliwe Rooks
The presidential election of 2016 highlighted some long-standing flaws in American democracy and added a few new ones.
Education and the Crisis of Public Values: Challenging the Assault on Teachers, Students, and Public Education
By Henry A. Giroux
Updated with both a new introduction and a series of interviews, the second edition of Education and the Crisis of Public Values examines American society's shift away from democratic public values, the ensuing move toward a market-driven ...