Having worked in public education for twenty years I don't see that corporate influence, but I think it's embedded in advertising. The bombardment of advertising messages has more to do with telling us how to be and what we should be. The conservatives criticize education for indoctrination liberal ideas, that said I don't think education is doing a great job. A big part of that are parents who no longer value education and give little backing and support at home. Discipline in today's classroom is a nightmare the kids get little discipline at home so you end up with many little shits disrupting the classroom and parent's fail to support the teacher's efforts. Enough of that and the entire system will spiral out of control.