The Edison Schools

Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education

By:

Kenneth J Saltman

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Hardback

Series:

Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture

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According to founder Chris Whittle, the popular press, and educational think-tanks, The Edison Schools were going to revolutionize American education. This book, The Edison Schools: Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education , illustrates the successes, failures, and ultimate demise of the largest for-profit manager of public schools. At a time of public doubt about corporate accountability, much has been written about the financial scandal and collapse of such corporate giants as Enron, Worldcom, and Martha Stewart. Is the failure of the Edison Schools at 'going public' just another example of corporate abuse and accounting scandal? Saltman argues that the failures of Edison are about much more than the mismanagement of one business. Rather, Edison's failure offer very valuable lessons about the remaining Educational Management Organizations, about the meaning of public education in a democracy, and about the need to rethink investment in the public sector more generally.

Author Biography:

Kenneth J. Saltman is Assistant Professor, Social and Cultural Studies in Education, DePaul University.

Release date Australia

February 6th, 2005

Author

Kenneth J Saltman

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

248

Series

Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture

Dimensions

140x216x18

ISBN-13

9780415948418

Product ID

8180032

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