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1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) |
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Routledge studies in education and neoliberalism ; 5 |
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Routledge studies in education and neoliberalism ; 5.
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Contents |
From Carnegie to Gates : the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the venture philanthropy agenda for public education / Kenneth J. Saltman -- Power philanthropy : taking the public out of public education / Michael Klonsky -- The Gates Foundation's interventions into education, health, and food policies : -- Technology, power, and the privatization of political problems / David Hursh -- Marketing new schools for a new century : an examination of neoliberal school reform in New York City / Jessica Shiller -- Corporatism, KIPP, and cultural eugenics / Jim Horn -- Disabusing small-schools reformism : an alternative outlook on scaling up and down / Aimee Howley and Craig B. Howley -- Governing identity through neoliberal education initiatives : "get[ting] schooled" in the marketplace / Leslee Grey -- The Gates' Foundation and the future of U.S. public education : a call for scholars to counter misinformation campaigns / Philip E. Kovacs and H.K. Christie -- The giving business : venture philanthropy and the NewSchools venture fund / Jim Horn and Ken Libby -- Dear Bill: "grokking" education / Patti Lather -- An open letter to Bill Gates, Jr. (with a message to my colleagues) / David Gabbard -- Why current education reform efforts will fail / Marion Brady |
Summary |
What are the implications when the educational policy and priority of public schools are concentrated in ways that foster de-unionization and teacher de-skilling while homogenizing school models and curriculum? This volume addresses this crucial, unanswered question while investigating the impact of the Gates Foundation on education |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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SUBJECT |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation fast |
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Educational change -- United States
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Public schools -- United States
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Endowments -- United States
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EDUCATION -- History.
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Educational change
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Endowments
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Public schools
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United States
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Electronic book
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Author |
Kovacs, Philip E
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ISBN |
9780203834947 |
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0203834941 |
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