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School Daze: Corporate Involvement in Education
September 20, 2000
Listen/download helpThe presence of private corporations on school campuses is unmistakable. With promises to revolutionize education, companies are profiting by cutting deals with school districts for high-tech equipment. On this program, we take a look at corporate involvement in education.
Featuring:
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange; Geoffry White, author, "Campus, Inc.: Corporate Power in the Ivory Tower" ; Todd Alan Price, WYOU-TV; Julie Robert Paine, elementary school teacher; Mark Snead, high school teacher; La Toya Lewis, high school student; Alison Armstrong, author, "The Child and the Machine: How Computers Put Our Children's Education at Risk" ; Deborah Quilter, author, "The Repetitive Strain Injury Recovery Book".
For more information:
Global Exchange
2017 Mission Street #303
San Francisco, California 94110
415-255-7296;
fax 415-255-7498; info@globalexchange.org
www.globalexchange.org/index.html
"Campus, Inc.: Corporate Power in the Ivory Tower"
Published by Prometheus Books
800-421-0351
www.prometheusbooks.com/site/cat.html
WYOU-TV
650 East Main St.
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
608-258-9644; wyou@danenet.wicip.org
McClymond's High School
2607 Myrtle Street
Oakland, California 94607
"The Child and the Machine: How Computers Put Our Children's Education at Risk"
Published by Robin's Lane Books
800-638-0928
www.robinslane.com/books/machine.html
"The Repetitive Strain Injury Recovery Book"
Published by Walker and Company
435 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
info@walkerbooks.com