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Tables of Contents for The War Against America's Public Schools
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Tables
viii
Preface
ix
PART I The War on America's Public Schools
1
62
Prologue
3
12
Enemies of the Public Schools
4
11
Dueling Visions
15
3
The Master Myth: Money Doesn't Matter
18
17
The Correlation between Spending and Outcomes in Schools
18
1
The SATs and State Participation Rates
19
2
Studying the Studies: A Closer Look at Methodology
21
2
Does Spending Equal Achievement?
23
5
Education Spending in America: Too Much Outlay for Too Little Return?
28
2
Kansas City: A Lesson in School Spending
30
1
What Spending Can Achieve
31
4
The Historical Context
35
9
The Factory Model of Schooling
35
9
The Condition of American Public Education
44
19
The European Model for Secondary Education
46
6
The Connection between Students, Work, and Performance
52
1
Misleading Impressions
53
3
Domestic Data on the Condition of Education
56
5
Summary
61
2
PART II Invasion of the Privatizers
63
128
Charter Schools
65
38
The Genesis of Charter Schools
67
1
Opposition to the Charter Movement
68
1
The Popularity of Charter Schools
69
2
Turning the Charter ``Vision'' into a Reality
71
1
Three Case Studies: Arizona, California, and Michigan, and a Glimpse at Obio
72
29
Charter Schools and Public School Funding
101
2
Private Schools and the Private Management of Public Schools
103
46
General Trends
104
1
Private Management Companies
105
31
The ``Education Industry'': Wall Street Takes Notice
136
5
Milken's Knowledge Universe (KU): His Own Private Galaxy
141
8
Vouchers Public and Private
149
36
John Stuart Mill and the Concept of Vouchers
149
1
Comparing Vouchers and Charters
150
16
A Nation of Vouchers: Chile
166
3
Vouchers in U.S. Cities
169
11
The Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation (CEO America)
180
5
Commercialism in the Schools
185
6
Mike Cameron Loses His Shirt: A Tale for Our Times
185
6
Conclusion
191
2
References
193
14
Index
207