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Mike Klonsky...: New book takes critical look at the Gates Foundation

Mike Klonsky...: New book takes critical look at the Gates Foundation

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