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35.045 - The Blackboard and the Bottom Line: Why Schools Can't Be Businesses — Revisiting Larry Cuban's Book 15 Years Later
Sat, April 6, 4:10 to 6:10pm, Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Floor: Mezzanine Level, Confederation 3Session Type: Symposium
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This symposium revisits Larry Cuban’s classic critique of business influence in education, The Blackboard and the Bottom Line: Why Schools can’t be businesses, published over 15 years ago. Four policy scholars will present their current research on business influences in education and respond to and evaluate the arguments Cuban put forth and address how their work builds on Cuban’s insights. Cuban will respond to the scholars’ comments, followed by audience participation.
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Doing Good While Doing Well? How the Charter School Industry Makes Money and Challenges the Democratic Ideals of Public Education - Janelle T. Scott, University of California - Berkeley
It's Not Business as Usual: Implications of Business-Inspired School Reforms in the Era of Financialization - Michael Ian Cohen, University of Northern Colorado
Technopolicy and School Reform: Privatization and the Governance of American Education - Patricia Burch, University of Southern California; Neha Miglani, University of Southern California
How High-Stakes Testing and Accountability Policies Helped Manufacture a New Generation of Efficiency Experts - Tina M. Trujillo, University of California - Berkeley