Assault on Kids

How Hyper-Accountability, Corporatization, Deficit Ideologies, and Ruby Payne are Destroying Our Schools

258 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Hyper-accountability, corporatization, deficit ideology, and Ruby Payne’s preparation of teachers to comply with these and other atrocities are not merely markers of philosophical shifts in education. They are manifestations of a neoliberal remaking of public schooling into a private and corporate enterprise. Collectively, these trends are seen not just as an imposition, but as an assault on quality pedagogy; an assault on democratic ideals of equity and social justice; and an assault on kids compelled to participate simply because they are public school students. This edited collection is a response by critically-minded educators, activists, and scholars – both a reaction to and a call to action against these vilifications. It is critical reading for students, professors, administrators, and policy makers involved in public education.

• Reihe: Counterpoints
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Soziologie Bevölkerung und Demographie
• ISBN: 9781433112294
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2011
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York
• Band herausgegeben von: Roberta Ahlquist, Paul Gorski, Theresa Montaño