The Blackboard and the Bottom Line

Why Schools Can't Be Businesses

Larry Cuban

    Preface

    Introduction: Business and School Reform

    1. The Logic of the Reforms

    2. How the Reforms Have Changed Schools

    3. Why Schools Have Adopted the Reforms

    4. Limits to Business Influence

    5. Are Public Schools like Businesses?

    6. Has Business Influence Improved Schools?

    Notes

    Acknowledgments

    Index

  • Cover: The Blackboard and the Bottom Line
  • A photo of the author

Larry Cuban is Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University and past president of the American Educational Research Association.