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This book should not be interpreted as a polemic against NCLB or private providers, but instead it should be seen as turning the light on in the basement and exposing the dark corners....Burch is masterful at conveying a knowledge of the layers of policy in NCLB. --Education Review, February 2010 The updated and expanded second edition of Patricia Burch's Hidden Markets comes at exactly the right time. This new edition extends the analysis of what was already a volume that opened our eyes to the hidden realties and effects of profit-making and privatization in education. -Michael W. Apple, from the Series Editor Introduction

The updated and expanded second edition of Patricia Burch's Hidden Markets comes at exactly the right time. This new edition extends the analysis of what was already a volume that opened our eyes to the hidden realties and effects of profit-making and privatization in education. -Michael W. Apple, from the Series Editor Introduction In the current era of school reform , competition, choice and privatization of services have been viewed as the drivers of change. Not only have these strategies failed to deliver the improvements in schools that were promised, they have also contributed to corruption in the management of public schools and the further deterioration of schools in low-income urban areas. In this new edition of this important book, Tricia Burke explains why and how this has occurred. Through close examination of the ways in which private corporations have influenced the operation of school districts, Burke shows why privatization is a threat to the future of public education and she shows us how it might be resisted. Well documented and thoroughly engaging, this book will be an invaluable resource to those who seek to protect public education for future generations. - Pedro A. Noguera, PhD, Dean, Rossier School of Education, Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Southern California

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Patricia Burch is Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Center on Education Policy, Equity and Governance at the University of Southern California.

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