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

By: Martin, Lori Latrice [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Race and education in the twenty-first centuryPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (187 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781498510424 (e-book)Subject(s): Racism in education -- United States | Public schools -- Economic aspects -- United States | Privatization in education -- Social aspects -- United States | African Americans -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Big box schools : race, education, and the danger of the Wal-martization of public schools in America.DDC classification: 371.829/96073 LOC classification: LC212.2 | .M38 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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