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A wolf at the schoolhouse door : the dismantling of public education and the future of school / Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire.

Schneider, Jack (Writer on education), (author.). Berkshire, Jennifer C., (author.).

Summary:

"A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door is about the right-wing agenda to dismantle public education, assessing the myriads of ways our education system is being eroded with privatization measures that exacerbate inequality"-- Provided by publisher.
If America's public schools don't survive the COVID-19 pandemic, it won't just be due to the virus. The crisis had provided opponents of public education their best opportunity to dismantle our system of free, universal, and taxpayer-funded schooling. Schneider and Berkshire trace the war on public education to its origins, offering the deep backstory necessary to understand the threat presently posed to America's schools. They offer readers a lively, accessible, yet scholarly view of a decades-long conservative cause: unmaking the system that serves over 90% of students in the U.S. -- adapted from Amazon info

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781620974940
  • ISBN: 1620974940
  • Physical Description: xxii, 264 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2020.
  • Distributor: [Place of distribution not identified] : Two Rivers Distribution.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Private values -- Faith in markets -- Cost-cutting crusade -- War on labor -- Neo-vouchers -- Pursuit of profit -- Virtual learning -- End of regulation -- Don't forget to leave us a review -- Selling school -- Teaching gigs -- Education, à la carte.

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Public schools > Political aspects > United States.
Education > Political aspects > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Privatization in education > United States.
Right and left (Political science) > United States.

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