Hidden markets
Subtitle: the new education privatization
By: Patricia Burch.
Series: The critical social thought series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780415955669; 9780415955676; 9780203883945
Subjects: Privatization in education -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Trends and origins; title: Inside the market; title: Privatization and its intermediaries; title: Shadow privatization: local experiences with supplemental education services; title: Invisible influences: for-profit firms and virtual charter schools; title: In the interstices: benchmark assessments, district contracts, and nclb; title: Working for transparency; title: Appendix A: research design and methodology; title: Appendix B: new privatization trends and questions conjoined; title: Appendix C: basic information on companies.