Henry A. Giroux. -- New York : Peter Lang, 2012.

xii, 129 p.; 23 cm. -- (Studies in the postmodern theory of education ; v. 400)

ISBN 978-1-4331-1216-4.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Contenido: Preface and acknowledgments -- In defense of public school teachers in a time of crisis -- When generosity hurts: Bill Gates, public school teachers, and the politics of humiliation -- Teachers without jobs and education without hope: beyond bailouts and the fetish of the measurement trap -- Chartering disaster: why Duncan s corporate-based schools can t deliver and education that matters -- Dumbing down teachers: attacking colleges of education in the name of reform -- Business culture and the death of public education: Mayor Bloomberg, David Steiner, and the politics of corporate "Leadership" -- Public intellectuals, the politics of clarity, and the crisis of language -- Paulo Freire and the pedagogy of bearing witness.