The Gates Foundation and the future of US "public" schools / edited by Philip E. Kovacs.
| Other author | Kovacs, Philip E. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, |
| Description | xiv, 231 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in education and neoliberalism ; 5 |
| Contents | From Carnegie to Gates : the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the venture philanthropy agenda for public education / Kenneth J. Saltman -- Power philanthropy : taking the public out of public education / Michael Klonsky -- The Gates Foundation's interventions into education, health, and food policies : -- Technology, power, and the privatization of political problems / David Hursh -- Marketing new schools for a new century : an examination of neoliberal school reform in New York City / Jessica Shiller -- Corporatism, KIPP, and cultural eugenics / Jim Horn -- Disabusing small-schools reformism : an alternative outlook on scaling up and down / Aimee Howley and Craig B. Howley -- Governing identity through neoliberal education initiatives : "get[ting] schooled" in the marketplace / Leslee Grey -- The Gates' Foundation and the future of U.S. public education : a call for scholars to counter misinformation campaigns / Philip E. Kovacs and H.K. Christie -- The giving business : venture philanthropy and the NewSchools venture fund / Jim Horn and Ken Libby -- Dear Bill: "grokking" education / Patti Lather -- An open letter to Bill Gates, Jr. (with a message to my colleagues) / David Gabbard -- Why current education reform efforts will fail / Marion Brady. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010025198 |
| ISBN | 9780415873345 |
| ISBN | 9780203834947 (ebk) |