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The War Against America's Public Schools: Privatizing Schools, Commercializing Education

Chester E. Finn, Jr.
11.7.2001

Gerald Bracey, 2001

Gerald Bracey is at it again. Wrong as he is about everything, one must give the guy points for productivity. If you don't get enough of him from his website, his op-eds, his proprietary monthly column in the Kappan, and his annual "Bracey Report," here's a book for you. 212 pages long, the ISBN is 0321080734. The publisher is Allyn and Bacon, part of the Pearson empire - which of course owns a nontrivial chunk of the "education industry" that Bracey savages in these pages. But don't look for irony here; hypocrisy, dudgeon and spleen will have to suffice. The publisher's website is www.ablongman.com. Alternatively, you might save your money for a soothing beverage or two.

Chester E. Finn, Jr., scholar, educator and public servant, has devoted his career to improving education in the United States. At Fordham, he is now Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus. He’s also a Volker Senior Fellow at…

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