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Contains the keyword Business and education--United States

Thomas PL. Ignoring poverty in the U.S. : the corporate takeover of public education. Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Pub., Inc.; 2012.
Fabricant M, Fine M. Charter schools and the corporate makeover of public education : what's at stake?. New York: Teachers College; 2012.

"In this book, we investigate through the prism of the rapid ascension of the charter school movement the strategic remaking of the public sector." (p. 2)

Watkins WH. The assault on public education : confronting the politics of corporate school reform. New York: Teachers College Press; 2012.

"In this timely interdisciplinary volume, William Watkins has brought together leading scholars and activists to address some of the most urgent issues facing public education. What is underneath and behind the language of choice, efficiency, and improvement in current neoliberal discourse? How will urban and poor populations be affected? Will privatization lead to increased stratification in our schools?..."

Hora MT, Millar SB. A guide to building education partnerships : navigating diverse cultural contexts to turn challenge into promise. Vol 1st. Sterling, Va.: Stylus Pub.; 2011.
Alexander D. The imprint of business norms on American education. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press; 2011.
Hoffman N. Schooling in the workplace : how six of the world's best vocational education systems prepare young people for jobs and life. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Education Press; 2011.
Thorp HH, Goldstein B. Engines of innovation: The entrepreneurial university in the twenty-first century. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press; 2010.

"In Engines of Innovation Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein make the case for the pivotal role of research universities as agents of societal change. They argue that universities must use their vast intellectual and financial resources to confront global challenges such as climate change, extreme poverty, childhood diseases, and an impending worldwide shortage of clean water."

Schrecker E. The lost soul of higher education: Corporatization, the assault on academic freedom, and the end of the American university. New York: New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution; 2010.

"In an informative and thoughtful book, Schrecker warns of an impending loss of the values and historic purposes of the American university. At once a grim forecast and a rallying cry to all those who consider universities to be critical for the survival of democracy." Joan W. Scott, Harold F. Linder Professor at the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study

Sandler MR. Social entrepreneurship in education : private ventures for the public good. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Education; 2010. Abstract
Farley T. Making the grades : my misadventures in the standardized testing industry. Sausalito, CA; LaVergne, Tenn.: PoliPointPress; Distributed by Ingram Publisher Services; 2009.