Download or read book Defending Public Education from Corporate Takeover written by Todd Alan Price and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At this moment, schools are doing everything they can to win the Race to the Top. They are allocating their funding to test preparation, riffing beloved teachers, and transferring students who “drag down” their grade average on the state report card. This book describes the current state of the education system in the United States. Readers will be on the front lines of the protests in Madison, in the inner city public-turned-charter schools, and in the shoes of the teachers dealing with educational politics every day. By the end of this text, you may beg the question: who’s winning in the Race to the Top?