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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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Access restricted to subscribers. |
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Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2014. |
| Summary |
American public education is in controversy. As public schools across the country struggle for funding, complicated by the impact of poverty and politics, some question the future and effectiveness of public schools in the U.S. For free-market reformers, private investors and large education corporations, this controversy spells opportunity in turning public schools over to private interests. Education, Inc. examines the free-market and for-profit interests that have been quietly and systematically privatizing America's public education system under the banner of "school choice." Education, Inc. is told through the eyes of parent and filmmaker Brian Malone, as he travels cross-country in search of the answers and sources behind the privatizing of American public education, and what it means for his kids. With striking footage from school protests, raucous school board meetings and interviews with some of the most well known educators in the country, Malone zooms out to paint a clear picture of profit and politics that's sweeping across the nation, right under our noses. |
| Audience |
Grade 9+ |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Education -- United States -- Finance -- 21st century.
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Educational evaluation -- United States -- 21st century.
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Public schools -- United States -- 21st Century.
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Malone, Brian, writer, director, producer.
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Malone, Cindy, producer.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1228568 Kanopy |
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