A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
eBook - ePub

A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School

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eBook - ePub

A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School

About this book

A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways—and how to fight back

In the “vigorous, well-informed” (Kirkus Reviews) A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, the co-hosts of the popular education podcast Have You Heard expose the potent network of conservative elected officials, advocacy groups, funders, and think tanks that are pushing a radical vision to do away with public education.

“Cut[ing] through the rhetorical fog surrounding a host of free-market reforms and innovations” (Mike Rose), Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire lay bare the dogma of privatization and reveal how it fits into the current context of right-wing political movements. A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door “goes above and beyond the typical explanations” (SchoolPolicy.org), giving readers an up-close look at the policies—school vouchers, the war on teachers’ unions, tax credit scholarships, virtual schools, and more—driving the movement’s agenda.

Called “well-researched, carefully argued, and alarming” by Library Journal, this smart, essential book has already incited a public reckoning on behalf of the millions of families served by the American educational system—and many more who stand to suffer from its unmaking. “Just as with good sci-fi,” according to Jacobin, “the authors make a compelling case that, based on our current trajectory, a nightmare future is closer than we think.”

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Information

Publisher
The New Press
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781620978122
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Private Values
  7. 2. Faith in Markets
  8. 3. The Cost-Cutting Crusade
  9. 4. The War on Labor
  10. 5. Neo-Vouchers
  11. 6. The Pursuit of Profit
  12. 7. Virtual Learning
  13. 8. The End of Regulation
  14. 9. Don’t Forget to Leave Us a Review
  15. 10. Selling School
  16. 11. Teaching Gigs
  17. 12. Education, à la Carte
  18. Conclusion
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. Notes
  21. Index
  22. Publishing in the Public Interest
  23. Copyright
  24. Additional Praise for a Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
  25. About the Authors