{"product_id":"a-good-investment-9780816691142","title":"A Good Investment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Good Investment?\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-developed and well-executed ethnography. Amy Brown’s ability to tell a broad story about the privatization and marketization, as well as their enactment, of public schooling is exemplary.\"—Jill Koyama, University of Arizona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book, which should interest readers in a wide variety of disciplines, is a good contribution to this ongoing, important debate related to urban public education today.\" —\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Privatization and Political Spectacle in Education\u003cbr\u003e1. A Mind Is a Wonderful Thing to Invest In: Philanthropy and the New York City Public Schools\u003cbr\u003e2. The College Prep Look: Managing Image, Marketing Students\u003cbr\u003e3. Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk: Professionalism at College Prep\u003cbr\u003e4. Waiting for Superwoman: White Female Teachers as “Neoliberal Saviors”\u003cbr\u003e5. Girl Drama: Black Female Students and the Spectacle of Risk\u003cbr\u003e6. Critical Thinking: Reading Urban Fiction with Students\u003cbr\u003e7. Behind the Mask: Professionalism and Life after College Prep\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: Beyond the Spectacle\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Producing Knowledge through Qualitative Research Methods\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: 2010 College Prep Student Questionnaire\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405973496151,"sku":"9780816691142","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816691142.jpg?v=1730494102","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-good-investment-9780816691142","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}