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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822441903321

Autore

Martin Lori Latrice

Titolo

Big box schools : race, education, and the danger of the Wal-martization of public schools in America / / Lori Latrice Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

9781498510424

1-4985-1042-6

1-4985-1041-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Race and education in the twenty-first century

Disciplina

371.829/96073

Soggetti

Racism in education - United States

Public schools - Economic aspects - United States

Privatization in education - Social aspects - United States

African Americans - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Public schools and pathways to prosperity -- History of race and public education in America -- Education as a profit machine -- Race, public education and the Wal-mart model -- Education and today's black working-class: low quality, low prices, low wages -- Does Common Core make common sense? -- Plutocracies the displacement of indigenous organizations and educational leaders -- Fighting back: changing trajectory of public education in America -- Worth the fight.

Sommario/riassunto

Big Box Schools examines the current educational reform movement and the negative impact of the adoption of the big box business model to public education, especially on students, families, and communities of color for whom the public school system is the only option.