
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School
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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Private Values
- 2. Faith in Markets
- 3. The Cost-Cutting Crusade
- 4. The War on Labor
- 5. Neo-Vouchers
- 6. The Pursuit of Profit
- 7. Virtual Learning
- 8. The End of Regulation
- 9. Don’t Forget to Leave Us a Review
- 10. Selling School
- 11. Teaching Gigs
- 12. Education, à la Carte
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Publishing in the Public Interest
- Copyright
- Additional Praise for a Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
- About the Authors