Proponents of education reform are committed to the idea that all
children should receive a quality education, and that all of them
have a capacity to learn and grow, whatever their ethnicity or
economic circumstances. But though recent years have seen numerous
reform efforts, the resources available to children in different
municipalities still vary enormously, and despite landmark cases of
the civil rights movement and ongoing pushes to enact diverse and
inclusive curricula, racial and ethnic segregation remain
commonplace. Public Education Under Siege examines why public
schools are in such difficult straits, why the reigning ideology of
school reform is ineffective, and what can be done about it. Public
Education Under Siege argues for an alternative to the test-driven,
market-oriented core of the current reform agenda. Chapters from
education policy experts and practitioners critically examine the
overreliance on high-stakes testing, which narrows the content of
education and frustrates creative teachers, and consider how to
restore a more civic-centered vision of education in place of
present dependence on questionable economistic models. These short,
jargon-free essays cover public policy, teacher unions, economic
inequality, race, language diversity, parent involvement, and
leadership, collectively providing an overview of the present
system and its limitations as well as a vision for the fulfillment
of a democratic, egalitarian system of public education.
Contributors: Joanne Barkan, Maia Cucchiara, Ansley T. Erickson,
Eugene E. Garcia, Eva Gold, Jeffrey R. Henig, Tyrone C. Howard,
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Harvey Kantor, Michael B. Katz, David F.
Labaree, Julia C. Lamber, Robert Lowe, Deborah Meier, Pedro
Noguera, Rema Reynolds, Claire Robertson-Kraft, Jean C. Robinson,
Mike Rose, Janelle Scott, Elaine Simon, Paul Skilton-Sylvester, Joi
A. Spencer, Heather Ann Thompson, Tina Trujillo, Pamela Barnhouse
Walters, Kevin G. Welner, Sarah Woulfin.
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