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Silicon startup schools: technocracy, algorithmic imaginaries and venture philanthropy in corporate education reform

Ben WilliamsonSchool of Social Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 218-236 | Received 06 Nov 2015, Accepted 03 May 2016, Published online: 24 May 2016

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