Education Inc: Turning Learning into a Business

The overriding objective of corporations is to maximize profits. From that fact alone we can predict what is likely to happen to the nature and purposes of our schools when business becomes involved in the education of our children. This unique and timely anthology chronicles the extent of that involvement, along with the troubling consequences it has already brought. Alfie Kohn and Patrick Shannon have assembled a provocative collection of articles, including - an analysis of the racial implications of voucher programs - vivid accounts of how schoolchildren are targeted by advertisers - descriptions of how corporate propaganda is insinuated into classroom curriculums - an expose of the political connections enjoyed by giant textbook and test publishers - a critical look at the process whereby teachers are turned into grant writers.