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The great American education-industrial complex : ideology, technology, and profit.
The Great American Education-Industrial Complex examines the structure and nature of national networks and enterprises that seek to influence public education policy in accord with their own goals and objectives. In the past twenty years, significant changes have taken place in the way various inter...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Series: | Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the education-industrial complex and the power of networks
- The flat world as shaped by the shadow elite
- Technology in American education
- Corporate influences : no child left behind, privatization, and commercialization
- Profits, products and privatization
- Foundations and think tanks : policies and ideas supporting the educational-industrial complex
- Media : news media, edutainment and the education-industrial complex
- Conclusion: "a nation at risk" redux.