The Assault on Public Education
Confronting the Politics of Corporate School Reform

William H. Watkins (Edited by), Michael W. Apple (Foreword by)

9780807752548

Paperback / softback, published 15 October 2011

224 pages
22.6 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.324 kg

In this timely interdisciplinary volume, William Watkins has brought together leading scholars and activists to address some of the most urgent issues facing public education. What is underneath and behind the language of choice, efficiency, and improvement in current neoliberal discourse? How will urban and poor populations be affected? Will privatization lead to increased stratification in our schools? How can public education not only be saved but re-imagined? In accessible language, renowned contributors explore and critique corporate school reform to both inform and serve as an organizing tool for teachers, parents, students, and citizens committed to genuine public education.