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Educational Justice: Teaching and Organizing Against the Corporate Juggernaut
Ryan Howard
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Description for Educational Justice: Teaching and Organizing Against the Corporate Juggernaut
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 140 x 2. Weight in Grams: 344.
That education should instill and nurture democracy is an American truism. Yet organizations such as the Business Roundtable, together with conservative philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Walmart s owners, the Waltons, have been turning public schools into corporate mills. Their top-down programs, such as Common Core State Standards, track, judge, and homogenize the minds of millions of American students from kindergarten through high school. But corporate funders would not be able to implement this educational control without the de facto partnership of government at all levels, channeling public moneys into privatization initiatives, school closings, and high-stakes testing that discourages ... Read more
That education should instill and nurture democracy is an American truism. Yet organizations such as the Business Roundtable, together with conservative philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Walmart s owners, the Waltons, have been turning public schools into corporate mills. Their top-down programs, such as Common Core State Standards, track, judge, and homogenize the minds of millions of American students from kindergarten through high school. But corporate funders would not be able to implement this educational control without the de facto partnership of government at all levels, channeling public moneys into privatization initiatives, school closings, and high-stakes testing that discourages ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
343g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781583676134
SKU
V9781583676134
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99-50
About Ryan Howard
Howard Ryan has taught college English, worked for many years in union organizing and representation in higher education, as well as in labor journalism. Now retired, he writes and organizes for quality education in public schools.
Reviews for Educational Justice: Teaching and Organizing Against the Corporate Juggernaut
Howard Ryan's book is a celebration of the growing ranks of educators, parents, and community organizations successful resistance to school closures, moribund unionism, high stakes testing, and undemocratic control of our public schools. Ryan s portrait lifts up how regular people can reassert democracy through broad-based coalitions and rank-and-file activism. -Jackson Potter, Staff Coordinator, Chicago Teachers Union