Education, Inc.: Turning Learning into a Business

Author Alfie Kohn and professor of education Patrick Shannon have assembled a provocative collection of articles, including an analysis of the racial implications of voucher programs, vivid accounts of how schoolchildren are targeted by advertisers, descriptions of how corporate propaganda is insinuated into classroom curriculums, an expose of the political connections enjoyed by giant textbook and test publishers, and a critical look at the process whereby teachers are turned into grant writers.
This book builds a convincing case against those who see children as "customers" or "workers" - and those who would turn learning into a business.