03815oam 2200709I 450 991045991940332120200520144314.01-136-85300-61-136-85301-41-283-04209-697866130420950-203-83494-110.4324/9780203834947 (CKB)2670000000068845(EBL)614739(OCoLC)701703753(SSID)ssj0000469474(PQKBManifestationID)11288783(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469474(PQKBWorkID)10531592(PQKB)10292419(OCoLC)701718133(MiAaPQ)EBC614739(Au-PeEL)EBL614739(CaPaEBR)ebr10447730(CaONFJC)MIL304209(EXLCZ)99267000000006884520180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Gates Foundation and the future of U.S. "public" schools /edited by Philip E. KovacsNew York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (248 p.)Routledge studies in education and neoliberalism ;5Description based upon print version of record.0-415-53663-4 0-415-87334-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 From Carnegie to Gates: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Venture Philanthropy Agenda for Public Education; 2 Power Philanthropy: Taking the Public Out of Public Education; 3 The Gates Foundation's Interventions into Education, Health, and Food Policies: Technology, Power, and the Privatization of Political Problems; 4 Marketing New Schools for a New Century: An Examination of Neoliberal School Reform in New York City; 5 Corporatism, KIPP, and Cultural Eugenics6 Disabusing Small-Schools Reformism: An Alternative Outlook on Scaling Up and Down7 Governing Identity through Neoliberal Education Initiatives: 'Get[ting] Schooled' in the Marketplace; 8 The Gates' Foundation and the Future of U.S. Public Education: A Call for Scholars to Counter Misinformation Campaigns; 9 The Giving Business: Venture Philanthropy and the NewSchools Venture Fund; 10 Dear Bill: 'Grokking' Education; 11 An Open Letter to Bill Gates, Jr. (with a Message to My Colleagues); 12 Why Current Education Reform Efforts Will Fail; Contributors; IndexThere has been much public praise for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's efforts to reform public education. However, few scholars have engaged substantively and critically with the organization's work. While the Gates Foundation is the single largest supporter by far of ""choice"" initiatives particularly with regard to charter school formation, it is pushing public school privatization through a wide array of initiatives and in conjunction with a number of other foundations. What are the implications for a public system as control over educational policy and priority is concentrated Routledge Studies in Education and NeoliberalismEducational changeUnited StatesPublic schoolsUnited StatesEndowmentsUnited StatesElectronic books.Educational changePublic schoolsEndowments371.010973379.73Kovacs Philip E935958MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459919403321The Gates Foundation and the future of U.S. "public" schools2108424UNINA01821nam 2200517 450 991082257880332120200520144314.01-62273-092-5(CKB)3710000000829417(MiAaPQ)EBC4647862(Au-PeEL)EBL4647862(CaPaEBR)ebr11247968(OCoLC)957128308(PPN)199751668(EXLCZ)99371000000082941720160831h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe solitary voice of dissent using Foucault and Giddens to understand an existential moment /Martin KayWilmington, Delaware :Vernon Press,2016.©20161 online resource (170 pages)Series on Critical Perspectives on Social Science1-62273-472-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Introduction -- Exploring Dissent -- Foucault and Giddens -- Case Study 1 - Martin Kay -- Case Study 2 - Fr Tony Flannery -- Case Study 3 - Peter Oborne -- Case Study 4 - Ignazio Silone -- Discussion -- Thoughts for the Future.Government, Resistance toCase studiesDissentersOpposition (Political science)Case studies.fastCriticism, interpretation, etc.fastGovernment, Resistance toDissenters.Opposition (Political science)322.44096762Kay Martin1636860MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822578803321The solitary voice of dissent3978339UNINA