Hidden Markets: Public Policy and the Push to Privatize Education

Test publishers, software companies, and research firms take advantage of federal policies like No Child Left Behind Act, Race to the Top, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, leading to the education industry's central place in public school governance. Hidden Markets examines the education industry's influence on home schooling, remedial instruction, management consulting, test development, data management, and staff development.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 212 pages
\n Publication date: 20 April 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Across the United States, test publishers, software companies, and research firms continue to exploit the revenues generated by federal policies such as the No Child Left Behind Act, Race to the Top, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In effect, the education industry has assumed a central role in the day-to-day governance and administration of public schools—a previously hidden trend that has begun to permeate public education. Drawing on analytic tools, Hidden Markets examines specific domains that the education industry has exerted particular influence on, including home schooling, remedial instruction, management consulting, test development, data management, and staff development. With updated and new material added, this second edition also highlights how technology and technology policy shape the conditions for teachers' work, the role of natural disasters as education market opportunities, and the connection between racism and educational privatization. Burch's analysis demonstrates that only by subjecting the education industry to systematic and in-depth critical analysis can we begin to demand more corporate accountability and organize to halt the slide of education funds into the market.

Additional updates include:

Discussion of the role that policy elites play in allowing CEOS to regulate the student identity market.

Examination of the rise of online tutoring engineered in part by the No Child Left Behind Act.

New chapter that offers an updated road map for policymakers and activists concerned about the issues raised within the book.

\n Weight: 328g\n
Dimension: 151 x 227 x 36 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367366186\n
Edition number: 2 New edition\n