Educating the Right Way - Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

Recent years have seen a powerful conservative backlash against what is seen by many as the failing of modern schools: people have clamoured for a return to values and religion - specifically evangelical Christianity - and many column inches have been devoted to standards, results, testing and curriculum content. While it is positive to see education at the centre of public debate, Apple here argues that not all the forces of conservatism have any business telling educators how schools should be run and what our children should be taught. This insightful appraisal of the current situation in America focuses on the roots of this conservative swing and casts into sharp relief the dangers posed to a truly democratic education and society. Updated for the second edition to include recent major shifts in policy and important legislation such as No Child Left Behind, and forwarding suggestions for real workable alternatives, this is essential reading for anyone who is concerned with what is happening in schools, and wants to do something about it.