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Dark money and the politics of school privatization / Maurice T. Cunningham.

9783030732646 (electronic bk.)
3030732649 (electronic bk.)
9783030732639
3030732630

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

©2021

English

1 online resource : illustrations

10.1007/978-3-030-73264-6 doi

LB2806.36 .C86 2021

379.1

This book goes deep behind the scenes of school privatization campaigns to expose the complex networks of funding that sustain these efforts - often hidden from the view of the public. Using the example of a 2016 Massachusetts charter school referendum, Cunningham shows how wealthy individuals support charter school expansion through so-called "social welfare" organizations, thereby obscuring the true sources of funding while influencing major public policy votes. With vast wealth and a political agenda, foundations have helped to reshape the reform landscape in urban education

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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