02672cam a2200385 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000180009502000150011304000280012804100080015604200080016404300120017205000250018408200110020910000230022024501110024325000190035426400360037330000300040933600260043933700280046533800270049350400670052052013880058765000540197565000650202965000470209465000460214165000560218765000430224322947294BJBSDDR20240718163731.0ta230130s2023    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2022050482  a9781541646773  a1541646770  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aLA 217.2bF559d 202300a379.731 aFitzpatrick, Cara 14aThe death of public school :bhow conservatives won the war over education in America /cCara Fitzpatrick.  aFirst edition. 1aNew York :bBasic Books,c2023.  aviii, 375 pages ;c25 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-351) and index.  a"Conservatives have succeeded in establishing their vision of education in America, one in which government funds can be used to pay for both public and private schools. As a result, the very meaning of public education in the United States has shifted away from the idea of a universal good. To understand how we got here, The Death of Public School argues, we must look back at the turbulent history of school choice. The Death of Public School tells the rich and surprising story about the people, unusual political alliances, and philanthropic interests that have fueled the rise of the school choice movement over the last 70 years. Drawing on two decades of experience as an education reporter, Fitzpatrick traces the origins of school choice in the modern era from Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist who helped lead a revival of conservatism in the 20th century, to the present day, in which conservatives are propelling the spread of choice options, such as charter schools, school vouchers, and tax-credit scholarships. Fitzpatrick paints rich portraits of people from various political and cultural backgrounds-from free-market conservatives to Catholic priests to white segregationists in the South to Black parents in urban school systems-who, in pursuit of their vision of education, linked arms with individuals across the aisle"--cProvided by publisher. 0aPublic schoolsxPolitical aspectszUnited States. 4aEscuelas públicas xAspectos políticos zEstados Unidos  0aConservatismzUnited Statesy21st century. 4aConservatismozEstados Unidos ySiglo XXI 0aEducation and statexSocial aspectszUnited States. 4aEducación y Estado zEstados Unidos