In Class Dismissed, John Marsh debunks a myth cherished by
journalists, politicians, and economists: that growing poverty and
inequality in the United States can be solved through education.
Using sophisticated analysis combined with personal experience in
the classroom, Marsh not only shows that education has little
impact on poverty and inequality, but that our mistaken beliefs
actively shape the way we structure our schools and what we teach
in them.
Rather than focus attention on the hierarchy of jobs and
power--where most jobs require relatively little education, and the
poor enjoy very little political power--money is funneled into
educational endeavors that ultimately do nothing to challenge
established social structures, and in fact reinforce them. And when
educational programs prove ineffective at reducing inequality, the
ones whom these programs were intended to help end up blaming
themselves. Marsh's struggle to grasp the connection between
education, poverty, and inequality is both powerful and
poignant.
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