Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization

Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools

From one of the foremost authorities on education and the history of education in the United States, "whistleblower extraordinaire" (The Wall Street Journal), former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, author of the best-selling Reign of Error ("fearless" --Jonathan Kozol, NYRB)--an impassioned, inspiring look at the ways in which parents, teachers, activists--citizens--are successfully fighting back to defeat the forces that are privatizing America's public schools.

Diane Ravitch writes of those who have privatized the schools, the Disrupters, who believe America's schools should be run like businesses, with teachers incentivized with threats and bonuses, and schools that need to enter into the age of the gig economy in which children are treated like customers or products. She writes of the Koch brothers, the DeVos family, the Waltons (Walmart), Eli Broad, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg, and many others, on the right and the left, as well as corporations, foundations, etc., intent on promoting the privatization of one of our most valued public institutions.
Â Â Â Â Ravitch lays out, in extensive detail, the facts showing that the ideas put forth by school privateers have failed; that their promises of higher test scores have not come to pass; that the "great hope" of Common Core has been a dud.
Â Â Â Â Arrayed against these forces, Ravitch writes of the volunteer army--"the Resisters"--that has sprung up from Seattle, Austin, and Denver, to Detroit, New Orleans, and Buffalo--parents, teachers, grandparents, students, bloggers, religious leaders, brave individuals, who, spurred on by conviction, courage, determination, and the power of ideas and passion, are fighting back to successfully keep alive their public schools.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
Color Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate 2020-01-21
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780525655374

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate	2020-01-21
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780525655374

Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools

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