Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Foreword v
4. Notes on contributors ix
5. Scoping corporate elites and public education 1
6. Corporatised governance: system perspectives
7. Corporate elites and the student identity market 19
8. The corporate false promise of techno-utopia: the case of Amplify! 33
9. Fighting for the local: Americans for Prosperity and the struggle for school boards 47
10. Axis of advantage: elites in higher education 61
11. Corporate elites and higher education reform: the corporatisation of academic life in Indonesia 75
12. Becoming a ‘better’ elite: the proliferation and discourses of educational travel programmes for elite youth 89
13. Double standards: everyday corporate strategies at an elite school in Argentina 105
14. (Re)producing elites: meritocracy, the state and the politics of the curriculum in Singapore 119
15. Corporatised governance: provision perspectives
16. Fast-track leadership development programmes: the new microphilanthropy of future elites 135
17. Corporate consultancy practices in education services in England 147
18. The business of governorship: corporate elitism in public education 161
19. The courtier’s empire: a case study of providers and provision 177
20. Political and corporate elites and localised educational policy-making: the case of Kingswood Academy 191
21. The usual suspects? Free schools in England and the influence of corporate elites 203
22. When students ‘speak back’: challenging elite approaches to teaching, learning and education policy 219
23. The challenge of corporate elites and public education 233
24. References 249
25. Index 287