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Hidden Markets: The New Education Privatization
Patricia Burch
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Description for Hidden Markets: The New Education Privatization
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Across the U.S., test publishers, software companies, and research firms are swarming to take advantage of the revenues made available by the No Child Left Behind Act. In effect, the education industry has assumed a central place in the day-to-day governance and administration of public schools—a trend that has gone largely unnoticed by policymakers or the press until now. Drawing on analytic tools, Hidden Markets examines specific domains that the education industry has had particular influence on—home schooling, remedial instruction, management consulting, test development, data management, and staff development. Burch's analysis demonstrates that only when we subject the education industry to systematic ... Read more
Across the U.S., test publishers, software companies, and research firms are swarming to take advantage of the revenues made available by the No Child Left Behind Act. In effect, the education industry has assumed a central place in the day-to-day governance and administration of public schools—a trend that has gone largely unnoticed by policymakers or the press until now. Drawing on analytic tools, Hidden Markets examines specific domains that the education industry has had particular influence on—home schooling, remedial instruction, management consulting, test development, data management, and staff development. Burch's analysis demonstrates that only when we subject the education industry to systematic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Critical Social Thought
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415955669
SKU
V9780415955669
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About Patricia Burch
Patricia Burch is Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies at University of Wisconsin—Madison.
Reviews for Hidden Markets: The New Education Privatization
This book should not be interpreted as a polemic against NCLB or private providers, but instead it should be seen as turning the light on in the basement and exposing the dark corners....Burch is masterful at conveying a knowledge of the layers of policy in NCLB."
Education Review, February 2010
Education Review, February 2010