Schools for Sale: Public Education, Corporate Culture, and the Citizen-Consumer.

Giroux, Henry A.

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ERIC Number: EJ578835

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Publication Date: 1999

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Schools for Sale: Public Education, Corporate Culture, and the Citizen-Consumer.

Giroux, Henry A.

Educational Forum, v63 n2 p140-49 Win 1999

Privatization undermines the role of public education in keeping democracy alive, offering consumerism as the only form of citizenship. Challenging the encroachment of corporatism is essential if democracy is to remain the defining principle of education and society. (SK)

Descriptors: Corporations, Democracy, Educational Principles, Equal Education, National Standards, Privatization, Public Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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