Edison Schools Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education

Name: Edison Schools Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education
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ISBN: 9780415950466

ISBN-10: 0415950465

ISBN-13: 9780415950466

Edition: 2005

Authors: Kenneth J. Saltman

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Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.72" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English

Kenneth J. Saltman is Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Research at DePaul University in Chicago. He is author most recently of The Edison Schools: Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education (Routledge 2005).



Introduction : pledging allegiance to the corporation



The rise and fall



But does it work?



Edron : two brief studies in corporate unaccountability



No contest : Edison's takeover of the Philadelphia schools and the lessons of public school competition



Corporate schooling and the future of the public