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.

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.

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Schools as Sites for Consumer Materialism

2. Corporate Culture and Schools: Consultants in Search of New Markets

3. The Kroger Connection

4. Privatization and the Future of Public Schooling

5. Critically Transitive Teachers

Index