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The swindle of innovative educational finance /

How "innovative" finance schemes skim public wealth while hijacking public governance. Charter school expansion. Vouchers. Scholarship tax credit programs. The Swindle of Innovative Educational Finance offers a new social theory to explain why these and other privatization policies and pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saltman, Kenneth J., 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Series:Forerunners (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Subjects:
Education > United States > Finance.
Privatization in education > United States.
Educational innovations > United States.
Educational change > United States.
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Summary:How "innovative" finance schemes skim public wealth while hijacking public governance. Charter school expansion. Vouchers. Scholarship tax credit programs. The Swindle of Innovative Educational Finance offers a new social theory to explain why these and other privatization policies and programs win support despite being unsupported by empirical evidence.
Physical Description:xvii, 105 pages ; 18 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781517900892
1517900891