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

Martin, Lori Latrice,

Big box schools : race, education, and the danger of the Wal-martization of public schools in America / Lori Latrice Martin. - 1 online resource (187 pages) - Race and education in the twenty-first century . - Race and education in the twenty-first century. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781498510424 (e-book)


Racism in education--United States.
Public schools--Economic aspects--United States.
Privatization in education--Social aspects--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

LC212.2 / .M38 2015

371.829/96073