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Tables of Contents for Education, Inc
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: The 500-Pound Gorilla
1
12
Alfie Kohn
SECTION I: COMMERCIALISM IN SCHOOLS
Introduction
13
4
Buy Me! Buy Me!
17
11
Alex Molnar
Joseph A. Reaves
Commercialism in U.S. Schools Is Examined in New Report
28
4
Constance L. Hays
Do Not Use as Directed: Corporate Materials in the Schools
32
3
John Olson
Stealth TV
35
14
Russ Baker
SECTION II: TO MARKET, TO MARKET---MARKET LOGIC IN SCHOOLS
Introduction
45
4
Reading Between the Lines
49
9
Stephen Metcalf
Test-Prep Pressure Hits Grade Schools
58
5
Karen Brandon
Students Don't ``Work''---They Learn
63
4
Alfie Kohn
We Can Work It Out
67
5
Patrick Shannon
Teachers as Grantseekers: The Privatization of the Urban Public School Teacher
72
21
Sara Freedman
Schooling in Capitalist America
93
12
Samuel Bowles
Herbert Gintis
SECTION III: PRIVATIZATION OF SCHOOLS
Introduction
101
4
Schools for Sale: Public Education, Corporate Culture, and the Citizen-Consumer
105
14
Henry A. Giroux
The Hollow Promise of School Vouchers
119
12
Robert Lowe
For-Profits Target Education
131
9
Barbara Miner
``Choice'' and Other White Lies
140
6
Makani N. Themba
School Choice Crucible: A Case Study of Boulder Valley
146
21
Kenneth Howe
Margaret Eisenhart
Damian Betebenner
Conclusion: Steps We Can Take
167
6
Patrick Shannon
Contributors
173
2
Index
175