The great American education-industrial complex [electronic resource] : ideology, technology, and profit / Anthony G. Picciano, Joel Spring.

Introduction to the education-industrial complex and the power of networks
The flat world as shaped by the shadow elite
Technology in American education
Corporate influences : no child left behind, privatization, and commercialization
Profits, products and privatization
Foundations and think tanks : policies and ideas supporting the educational-industrial complex
Media : news media, edutainment and the education-industrial complex
Conclusion: "a nation at risk" redux.