The Edison Schools: Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education.The Edison Schools Edison Schools Inc. is a for-profit company that manages public schools in the United States and the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1992. HistoryEdison Schools was widely hailed at the beginning of the 21st century as the leader in what "school reformers" saw as the : Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education, by Kenneth J. Saltman (Routledge). In this fantastical little volume, author Kenneth Saltman rants at the Edison Schools for an array of sins and so seeks to join the ranks of the antichoice, antiaccountability crowd (like Alfie Kohn  This article or section is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . , Susan Ohanian, Henry Giroux Henry Giroux, born September 18 1943 in Providence, is a US cultural critic. He is one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States, and is best known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, higher education, media , and Jonathan Kozol) and, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. , will share some of the lucre LUCRE. Gain, profit. Cl. des Lois Rom. h.t. from the apologista dinner circuit. Dr. Saltman, an assistant professor of social and cultural studies in education at DePaul University, believes, as he says in his introduction, that the Edison model dictates "standardizing learning and pledging allegiance to the corporation." He ridicules concerns about education costs and performance as a "corporate" agenda item and attacks education "privatizers" for relying on "racist and sexist assumptions, stereotypes, metaphors, and representations to further their goals of bashing public schools." There's much more in this vein. Reformers may want to read the book just to remind themselves that there really is a cottage industry of thinkers who believe that ideas like "competition," "choice," and "efficiency" are mortal threats to our kids and our way of life. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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