New book takes critical look at the Gates Foundation
The Gates Foundation and the Future of
US “Public” Schools
Edited by Philip E. Kovacs
Price: $95.00
Binding/Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-0-415-87334-5
Publish Date: October 21st 2010
Imprint: Routledge
Pages: 232 pages
A critical look at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that includes a chapter by Michael Klonsky, "Power Philanthropy: Taking the Public Out of Public Education."
Foreword Deron Boyles. Acknowledgments. 1. From Carnegie to Gates: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Venture Philanthropy Agenda for Public Education Kenneth J. Saltman 2. Power Philanthropy: Taking the Public Out of Public Education Michael Klonsky 3. The Gates Foundation’s Interventions into Education, Health, and Food Policies: Technology, Power, and the Privatization of Political Problems David Hursh 4. Marketing New Schools for a New Century: An Examination of Neoliberal School Reform in New York City