Giving Kids The Business

The commercialization of public education is upon us. With much fanfare and plenty of controversy, plans to cash in on our public schools are popping up all over the country. Educator and award-winning commentator Alex Molnar has written the first book to both document the commercial invasion of public education and explain its alarming consequence

Giving Kids The Business: The Commercialization Of America's Schools

Business & Money

Molnar, Alex

Marketing & Sales

Routledge

School Commercialism (Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture)

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

School Commercialism: From Democratic Ideal to Market Commodity (Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture)

Education & Reference

The commercialization of public education is upon us. With much fanfare and plenty of controversy, plans to cash in on our public schools are popping up all over the country. Educator and social commentator Alex Molnar has written the first book to both document the commercial invasion of public education and explain its alarming consequences.Imagine that your son is given a "Gushers" fruit snack, told to burst it between his teeth, and asked by his teacher to compare the sensation to a geothermic eruption (compliments of General Mills). Imagine your daughter being taught a lesson about self-esteem by being asked to think about "good hair days" and "bad hair days" (compliments of Revlon.) Imagine that to cap off a day of "world class" learning, your child's teacher shows a videotape that explains that the Valdez oil spill wasn't so bad after all (compliments of Exxon). Giving Kids the Business explains why hot-button proposals like Channel One, an advertising-riddled television program for schools; for-profit public schools run by companies such as the Edison Project and Education Alternatives, Inc.; taxpayer-financed vouchers for private schools; and the relentless interference of corporations in the school curriculum spell trouble for America's future. Anyone curious about how schools are being turned into marketing vehicles, how education is being recast as a commercial transaction, and how children are being cultivated as a cash crop will want to read Giving Kids the Business.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Westview Press

"The commercialization of public education is upon us. With much fanfare and plenty of controversy, plans to cash in on our public schools are popping up all over the country. Educator and award-winnin"

Giving Kids the Business: The Commercialization of America's Schools

The commercialization of public education is upon us. With much fanfare and plenty of controversy, plans to cash in on our public schools are popping up all over the country. Educator and award-winning commentator Alex Molnar has written the first book to both document the commercial invasion of public education and explain its alarming consequences. Giving Kids the Business explains why hot-button proposals like for-profit public schools run by companies such as the Edison Project and Education Alternatives, Inc.; taxpayer-financed vouchers for private schools; market-driven charter schools; Channel One, an advertising-riddled television program for schools; and the relentless interference of corporations in the school curriculum spell trouble for America's children.Imagine that the tobacco industry may be helping to shape what your son and daughter learn about smoking. Imagine that your son is given a Gushers fruit snack, told to burst it between his teeth, and asked by his teacher to compare the sensation to a geothermal eruption (compliments of General Mills). Imagine your daughter is taught a lesson about self-esteem by being asked to think about "good hair days" and "bad hair days" (compliments of Revlon). Imagine that to cap off a day of world-class learning, your child's teacher shows a videotape explaining that the Valdez oil spill wasn't so bad after all (compliments of Exxon).Anyone interested in how schools are being turned into marketing vehicles, how education is being recast as a commercial transaction, and how children are being cultivated as a cash crop will want to read Giving Kids the Business.

Perseus

Book by Milwaukee Curriculum Theory Conference University of Wisconsin-milwauk, Zahorik, John A., Molnar, Alex

Curriculum Theory: Proceedings (Curriculum Theory Conference, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, November 11-14, 1976)

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Milwaukee Curriculum Theory Conference University of Wisconsin-milwauk

Zahorik, John A.

Assn for Supervision & Curriculum

A book in the Psychoeducational Intervention Series 
With an innovative approach to dealing with classroom behavior problems, this book presents invaluable information for teachers, counselors, and administrators at all grade levels.

Changing Problem Behavior in Schools (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lindquist, Barbara

Mental Health

Jossey-Bass

i(orginally published by Jossey-Bass 1990)i Changing Problem Behavior in Schools presents an innovative approach to dealing with classroom behavior problems that can be used successfully by teachers as all grade levels, counselors, and administrators. The authors draw on techniques and strategies developed by family therapists to show how behavior can be changed and chronic problems eff ectively addressed. They off er numerous examples”drawn from the authors' research on over two hundred cases”to illustrate problemsolving methods used successfully in classrooms, lunchrooms, and a variety of other school settings and situations. They suggest ways to build on successes and maintain an ongoing system for handling problem behavior. And they provide guidelines for analyzing unsuccessful attempts at changing behavior and off er advice on how to handle relapses. The book examines ways to overcome a wide range of student problems, such as fighting, sleeping in class, and tardiness. It also includes advice on solving staff relations problems such as disagreements over student placement- as well as problems between the school and the community such as a lack of cooperation from parents. A valuable resource section includes practice activities that provide step-by-step instructions for applying each of the book's specific problem-solving techniques in the school or classroom. The approach to problem behaviors in the school described in this book is called "ecosystemic" because problem behavior is viewed as a part of, not separate from, the social setting within which it occurs. The book is divided into three parts. The three chapters in Part One describe the ecosystemic framework used to explain problem behavior. Chapter 1 analyzes how social, personal, and professional factors influence individuals' perceptions of events and contribute to keeping their behavior in problem situations from changing. Chapter 2 describes the usefulness of the concept of ecosystem and explains how problems and solutions are viewed from an ecosystemic perspective. Chapter 3 focuses on how to recognize and use ecosystemic clues to help develop the flexible approach to problem solving. Part Two of the book, consisting of chapters 4 through 9, presents ecosystemic methods for promoting change in problem situations. Each chapter is devoted to a different ecosystemic technique. Each chapter follows the same format: the technique is described, case examples are presented and discussed, and the essential elements of the technique are reviewed. The three chapters in Part Three encourage readers to implement techniques from Parts One and Two. A resource section concludes the book.

Changing Problem Behavior in Schools (NA)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Information Age Publishing

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Giving Kids The Business: The Commercialization Of America's Schools

School Commercialism: From Democratic Ideal to Market Commodity (Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture)

School Commercialism (Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture)

Giving Kids The Business: The Commercialization Of America's Schools

Giving Kids the Business: The Commercialization of America's Schools

Giving Kids The Business

Curriculum Theory: Proceedings (Curriculum Theory Conference, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, November 11-14, 1976)

Changing Problem Behavior in Schools (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES)

Changing Problem Behavior in Schools (NA)