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03605aam a2200481 i 4500 001 9B413CAA468F11E7B6F4D8AFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170601010022 008 151104s2016 maua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2015042042 020 $a 0674049179 020 $a 9780674049178 035 $a (OCoLC)926061376 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c HLS $d DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CDX $d DAY $d TWC $d OCLCQ $d GYG $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a LB2806.36 $b .A36 2016 082 00 $a 379.1 $2 23 100 1 $a Abrams, Samuel E., $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a Education and the commercial mindset / $c Samuel E. Abrams. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a 417 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Fundamental change -- Market discipline -- On the wire -- Reprise -- The governor's proposal -- Waterloo -- Redefinition -- Market failure -- The fourth way -- Limits -- A distant mirror -- Across the Gulf. 520 $a America's commitment to public schooling once seemed unshakable. But today the movement to privatize K-12 education is stronger than ever. A veteran teacher and administrator, Samuel Abrams examines the rise of market forces in public education and reveals how a commercial mindset has taken over. For decades, Milton Friedman and his disciples contended that private markets could deliver better schooling than governments. In the 1990s, this belief was put to the test by Edison Schools and other for-profit educational managment organizations (EMOs). Edison grew rapidly, running schools in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and many other cities across the country. Yet disappointing academic and financial outcomes soon pushed the company and its competitors to the margins. The focus of EMOs on efficiency and results nevertheless found expression in federal policy with No Child Left Behind in 2002 and Race to the Top in 2009. The new ethos also defined nonprofit character management organizations (CMOs) like KIPP that surfaced in the wake of EMOs and flourished. But the dependence of CMOs on philanthropists, tireless teachers, and students capable of abiding by rigid expectations limits their reach. Abrams argues that while the commercial mindset sidesteps fundamental challenges, public schools should adopt lessons from the business world. Citing foreign practices, he recommends raising teacher salaries to attract and retain talent, conferring more autonomy on educators to build ownership, and employing sampling techniques rather than universal assessments to gauge student progress. -- from dust jacket. 650 0 $a Privatization in education. 650 0 $a Education and state 650 0 $a School management and organization 650 0 $a Educational accountability 650 0 $a School improvement programs 650 7 $a Education and state $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902835 650 7 $a Educational accountability $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00903326 650 7 $a Privatization in education. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01077670 650 7 $a School improvement programs $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01107461 650 7 $a School management and organization $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01107575 650 7 $a Marktmechanismus $2 gnd 650 7 $a Bildungspolitik. $2 gnd 650 7 $a Schule. $2 gnd 651 7 $a United States $2 gnd 941 $a 2 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214031927.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20170601010119.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9B413CAA468F11E7B6F4D8AFDAD10320 994 $a Z0 $b HL6Initiate Another SILO Locator Search