Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Privatization and Political Spectacle in Education -- 1. A Mind Is a Wonderful Thing to Invest In: Philanthropy and the New York City Public Schools -- 2. The College Prep Look: Managing Image, Marketing Students -- 3. Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk: Professionalism at College Prep -- 4. Waiting for Superwoman: White Female Teachers as "Neoliberal Saviors" -- 5. Girl Drama: Black Female Students and the Spectacle of Risk -- 6. Critical Thinking: Reading Urban Fiction with Students -- 7. Behind the Mask: Professionalism and Life after College Prep -- Afterword: Beyond the Spectacle -- Appendix A: Producing Knowledge through Qualitative Research Methods -- Appendix B: 2010 College Prep Student Questionnaire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.