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The great American education-industrial complex [electronic resource] : ideology, technology, and profit / Anthony G. Picciano, Joel Spring.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in educationPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2013.Description: x, 189 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 378.1/035 23
LOC classification:
  • LC1085.2 .P53 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction to the education-industrial complex and the power of networks -- The flat world as shaped by the shadow elite -- Technology in American education -- Corporate influences : no child left behind, privatization, and commercialization -- Profits, products and privatization -- Foundations and think tanks : policies and ideas supporting the educational-industrial complex -- Media : news media, edutainment and the education-industrial complex -- Conclusion: "a nation at risk" redux.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the education-industrial complex and the power of networks -- The flat world as shaped by the shadow elite -- Technology in American education -- Corporate influences : no child left behind, privatization, and commercialization -- Profits, products and privatization -- Foundations and think tanks : policies and ideas supporting the educational-industrial complex -- Media : news media, edutainment and the education-industrial complex -- Conclusion: "a nation at risk" redux.

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

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