- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Notes on contributors
- References
- Introduction Scoping corporate elites and public education
- One Corporate elites and the student identity market
- Two The corporate false promise of techno-utopia: the case of <i>Amplify!</i>
- Three Fighting for the local: Americans for Prosperity and the struggle for school boards
- Four Axis of advantage: elites in higher education
- Five Corporate elites and higher education reform: the corporatisation of academic life in Indonesia
- Six Becoming a ‘better’ elite: the proliferation and discourses of educational travel programmes for elite youth
- Seven Double standards: everyday corporate strategies at an elite school in Argentina
- Eight (Re)producing elites: meritocracy, the state and the politics of the curriculum in Singapore
- Nine Fast-track leadership development programmes: the new micro-philanthropy of future elites
- Ten Corporate consultancy practices in education services in England
- Eleven The business of governorship: corporate elitism in public education
- Twelve The courtier’s empire: a case study of providers and provision
- Thirteen Political and corporate elites and localised educational policy-making: the case of Kingswood Academy
- Fourteen The usual suspects? Free schools in England and the influence of corporate elites
- Fifteen When students ‘speak back’: challenging elite approaches to teaching, learning and education policy
- Conclusion The challenge of corporate elites and public education
- References
- Index
Scoping corporate elites and public education
Scoping corporate elites and public education
- Chapter:
- (p.1) Introduction Scoping corporate elites and public education
- Source:
- Corporate Elites and the Reform of Public Education
- Author(s):
Helen M. Gunter
Michael W. Apple
David Hall
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This book reports on primary research into the role and influence of corporate elites in regard to the reform of public education. This introductory chapter outlines this purpose, with a focus on corporatised governance. We outline the trends in reform, and the role of elites and corporate elites in particular, and we then provide an over view of the book and the main contributions of the reported research.
Keywords: public education, privatisation, elites, corporate elites, corporatised governance
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Notes on contributors
- References
- Introduction Scoping corporate elites and public education
- One Corporate elites and the student identity market
- Two The corporate false promise of techno-utopia: the case of <i>Amplify!</i>
- Three Fighting for the local: Americans for Prosperity and the struggle for school boards
- Four Axis of advantage: elites in higher education
- Five Corporate elites and higher education reform: the corporatisation of academic life in Indonesia
- Six Becoming a ‘better’ elite: the proliferation and discourses of educational travel programmes for elite youth
- Seven Double standards: everyday corporate strategies at an elite school in Argentina
- Eight (Re)producing elites: meritocracy, the state and the politics of the curriculum in Singapore
- Nine Fast-track leadership development programmes: the new micro-philanthropy of future elites
- Ten Corporate consultancy practices in education services in England
- Eleven The business of governorship: corporate elitism in public education
- Twelve The courtier’s empire: a case study of providers and provision
- Thirteen Political and corporate elites and localised educational policy-making: the case of Kingswood Academy
- Fourteen The usual suspects? Free schools in England and the influence of corporate elites
- Fifteen When students ‘speak back’: challenging elite approaches to teaching, learning and education policy
- Conclusion The challenge of corporate elites and public education
- References
- Index
