Business-Managed Democracy

• Introduction

• School Funding

• Commercialism

• Sponsored Materials

• Business Campaigns
• Key Individuals
  • Edward B. Rust
  • Rust Connections
  • David Kearns
  • Louis Gerstner
• Business Coalitions
  • Business Roundtable
  • State Campaigns
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Advocacy Groups
  • Stand For Children
  • Sponsors/Funders
• Foundations
  • Funding Networks
  • Walton Family
  • Bill and Melinda Gates
  • Eli and Edythe Broad
  • Dick and Betsy DeVos
• Think Tanks
  • Key Personnel
  • Overlaps
  • Foundation Funding
• National Summits
• Education Crises
  • USA
  • UK
  • Australia
• Profit Seekers
  • McGraw-Hill
  • McGraw-Hill Network
  • Pearson
  • Other Publishers
  • Tutoring
  • 21C Skills
• References

• Schools as Businesses

• Standardised Curricula

• School Choice

• Privatising Schools


 

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Business-Managed Education

Business Coalitions

What business leaders wanted were standards “that spell out what students should learn in school and how well they should learn it”; tests that ensure that students’ schools stick to the material spelled out in the standards; and consequences for those that don’t – standards, assessment and accountability. This is the rationale behind high stakes standardised testing.

To achieve their goal of promoting standardised testing in schools business leaders have formed extensive coalitions aswell as establishing, sponsoring and funding a network of advocacy groups, many of which are corporate front groups portraying themselves as independent, public interest groups.

Business Roundtable State Campaigns No Child Left Behind Advocacy Groups Stand for Children Sponsors/Funders

 

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