Title
Schniedewind, Nancy,"A Short History of the Ambush of Public Education," pp. 4-22 in Nancy Schniedewind and Mars Shevin, eds., Educational Courage: Resisting the Ambush of Public Education. Boston: Beacon Press, 2012.
Annotation
Summarizes the takeover of public education in the United States by business and technical interests.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline
Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study
Single Study
Narrow Topic
Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Democratic Education, Hidden Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling, Values in the Classroom, Teacher Planning
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