Privatized Education
Basics:
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Edison Schools, Inc. (Principal
private contractor to school boards, now serving some 80,000 pupils).
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Angrist, Joshua D. Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment (Cambridge MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001).
Apple, Michael W. Educating the "Right" Way: Markets, Standards, God & Inequality (NY: Routledge, 2001).
Bast, Joseph L. & David Harmer vs. Douglas Dewey. Vouchers & Educational Freedom: A Debate (Washington: Cato Institute, 1997).
Doerr, Edd; Albert J. Menéndez & John M. Swomley. The Case Against School Vouchers (Amherst NY: Prometheus, 1996).
Dwyer, James G. Vouchers Within Reason: A Child-Centered Approach to Education Reform (Ithaca: Cornell, 2002).
Graham, Allison. Framing the South: Hollywood, Television, & Race during the Civil Rights Struggle (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2003).
Hakim, Simon & Paul Seidenstat & Gary Bowman (eds.) Privatizing Education & Eductional Choice: Concepts, Plans & Experiences (Westport CT: Praeger, 1994).
Henig, Jeffrey. Rethinking School Choice: Limits of the Market Metaphor (Princeton: Princeton U, 2003).
Johnson, Tammy; Libero Della Piana & Phyllida Burlingame. Vouchers: A Trap, Not a Choice: California School Vouchers Will Increase Racial Inequality (Oakland: Applied Research Center, 2000).
Levin, Henry M. (ed.) Privatizing Education: Can the School Marketplace Deliver Freedom of Choice, Efficiency, Equity & Social Cohesion? (Boulder: Westview, 2001).
Molnar, Alex. Vouchers, Class Size Reduction & Student Achievement:
Considering the Evidence (Bloomington: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation,
2000).
Saltman, Kenneth J. Collateral Damage: Corporatizing Public Schools --
A Threat to Democracy (Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002).
In the Library: Fiction
CD & Audio:
Film & Video:
"Granito de arena (Grain of Sand)" [2005], dir. Jill Freidberg, 61m. From Corrugated Films.