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

• Autore: Martin Lori Latrice
• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.829/96073
• Soggetto topico: Racism in education - United States; Public schools - Economic aspects - United States; Privatization in education - Social aspects - United States; African Americans - Social conditions
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Big box schools
• ISBN: 9781498510424; 1-4985-1042-6; 1-4985-1041-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822441903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Race and education in the twenty-first century.