Hoosier School Heist
Subtitle: How Corporations And Theocrats Stole Democracy From Public Education
By: Doug Martin
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Brooks Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780982084014
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Public schools; Democracy and education; Privatization in education; Education and state; Education; Finance; Standards; Educational change
Description: "In this investigation of the education reform juggernaut in Indiana, Doug Martin shows how politicians and the billionaire education experts are complicit in putting profit over the common good. 'Hoosier School Heist' should serve as a wake-up call for those of us who care about public education.[by] Phyllis Bush." -- back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Myths, Minions, Misinformation, and Torture; title: Kidnapping Kids' Teachers: The Pretend-Liberal Saviors; title: The Free-Market Jesus in the Classroom; title: Train Wreck: The Indiana Government-Corporate School Complex; title: Conclusion: Sam's Club's Hero Defeated.