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Carpetbagging America's Public Schools

The Radical Reconstruction of Public Education
  • ISBN-13: 9781475840209
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By Curtis J. Cardine
  • Price: AUD $96.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 13/02/2018
  • Format: Paperback 260 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Education [JN]
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Carpetbagging America's Public Schools probes the financial intrigue underlying the charter school industry. This book is a forensic accounting analysis of the financial effects of twenty years of charter schools and vouchers on the publics investment in public education. Written from an insider's perspective by an early advocate for charter schools, the work exposes the underbelly of the radical deregulation of our public schools.
Introduction Chapter 1: Perspective Chapter 2: Carpetbagging Radical Reconstruction Chapter 3: Rise of the Petty Academies Chapter 4: Schools for the Adults Chapter 5: The Road to Perdition Chapter 6: Economic Theories in Use Chapter 7: Mind Sets About Public Schools Chapter 8: Schooling Alone Chapter 9: Private Ownership of Public Assets Chapter 10: Mission Failure: Academic Results Chapter 11: Real Choice: Debunking the Rhetoric Chapter 12: Teachers in the Charter and Private Systems Chapter 13: Teacher Compensation in Charters Chapter 14: Administrative Costs versus Classroom Spending Chapter 15: Academic Red Flags Chapter 16: Unsustainable Debt and Financing Irregularities Chapter 17: Failure is not an Option Chapter 18: Following the Money Chapter 19: Choosing Profits over Children Chapter 20: Selective Memory Chapter 21: Running Schools for the Adults Chapter 22: Choosing High Administrative Costs Chapter 23: Inside Job: Real Estate Acquisitions Chapter 24: Charter Law in Arizona Chapter 25: Stand and Deliver Probe Vertically, See Horizontally Chapter 26: Ideals versus Ideology Chapter 27: Situational Ethics Public Money Chapter 28: Overspending of Revenues AKA Net Losses Chapter 29: Opportunism-Local Educational Opportunities are no longer Local, A Unique Meta-Analysis of the Financial Data Chapter 31: Behavior Can Be Regulated Chapter 32: The Essential Questions Chapter 33: Money Talks Chapter 34: Conclusions and Recommendations for Action Addendum A Access to Source Data Limited Bibliography About the Author
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