Introduction to the education-industrial complex and the power of networks -- The flat world as shaped by the shadow elite -- Technology in American education -- Corporate influences : no child left behind, privatization, and commercialization -- Profits, products and privatization -- Foundations and think tanks : policies and ideas supporting the educational-industrial complex -- Media : news media, edutainment and the education-industrial complex -- Conclusion: "a nation at risk" redux.
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