Justice, Ideology, and Education

by Stevens, Edward, Jr; Wood, George H.; Sheehan, James J.

• ISBN13: 9780070614796
• ISBN10: 0070614792
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-20
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
Part One SCHOOLING AND JUSTICE
Equality, Opportunity, and Justice	3	(23)
Merit, Equality, and Opportunity	5	(4)
Responses to Educational Inequalities	9	(5)
Extending Brown	14	(8)
Conclusion	22	(1)
Notes	23	(3)
Readings on Equal Educational Opportunity	26	(31)
Inequality in the Means of Education	27	(4)
Horace Mann
Selections from Brown et al. V. Board of Education of Topeka	31	(2)
Equal Schools or Equal Students?	33	(5)
James S. Coleman
Excerpts from Public Law 105-17, The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997	38	(4)
The Afrocentric Idea in Education	42	(11)
Molefi Kete Asante
Discussion Questions for Chapter 2	53	(4)
Part Two EDUCATION AND HUMAN DIVERSITY
Human Diversity and the Difference It Makes	57	(34)
Intelligence, Classification, and Human Diversity	58	(7)
Race, Ethnicity, and American Schooling	65	(6)
Socioeconomic Stratification, Grouping, Tracking, and Expectations	71	(5)
Gender, Culture, and Education	76	(9)
Conclusion	85	(1)
Notes	86	(5)
Readings on Human Diversity	91	(28)
Will Tracking Reform Promote Social Equity?	92	(6)
Tom Loveless
A Black Student's Reflection on Public and Private Schools	98	(5)
Imani Perry
How the Reform Agenda Shortchanges English Learners	103	(6)
Maria S. Quezada
Terrence G. Wiley
J. David Ramirez
Gender Equity in the Classroom: The Unfinished Agenda	109	(7)
Myra Sadker
David Sadker
Lynn Fox
Melinda Salata
Discussion Questions for Chapter 4	116	(3)
Part Three SCHOOLING AND IDEOLOGY
Forming a National Character	119	(20)
The ``Hidden Curriculum''	120	(1)
Creating Americans	121	(2)
Horace Mann and The American Creed	123	(2)
Educating the Worker-Citizen	125	(6)
The Cold War, Equal Rights, and Meritocracy	131	(4)
Schooling and Citizenship	135	(2)
Notes	137	(2)
Readings on Ideology: Historical Perspectives	139	(30)
A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge	140	(4)
Thomas Jefferson
Intellectual Education as a Means of Removing Poverty and Securing Abundance	144	(3)
Horace Mann
Moral Education and Common Schools in America: A Historian's View	147	(14)
Carl F. Kaestle
Supreme Court of Michigan • Excerpts from the Kalamazoo Case (1874)	161	(2)
Dare The School Build A New Social Order?	163	(5)
George S. Counts
Discussion Questions for Chapter 6	168	(1)
Readings on Ideology: The Classroom and the Curriculum	169	(46)
Social Class and The Hidden Curriculum of Work	170	(15)
Jean Anyon
The Urban Curriculum and the Allocating Function of Schools	185	(5)
Walter C. Parker
What You See is What You Get: Consistency, Persistency, and Mediocrity in Classrooms	190	(14)
Kenneth A. Sirotnik
No Two are Quite Alike	204	(8)
Theodore R. Sizer
Discussion Questions for Chapter 7	212	(3)
Part Four SCHOOLING AND POLITICS
Bureaucracy and Control in Education	215	(20)
Who Runs The Schools?	215	(2)
The Formative Years, 1840-1880	217	(2)
Rationalizing the Bureaucracy: The Early Twentieth Century	219	(2)
The Growth of Federal Involvement in Education	221	(2)
Opposing Bureaucratic Growth	223	(2)
School Choice and Local Control	225	(6)
School Politics and Public Confidence	231	(2)
Notes	233	(2)
Readings on the Politics of Schooling: The Centralization of Control	235	(59)
Plans of Organization for School Purposes in Large Cities	236	(4)
Andrew S. Draper
Moving From Oversight to Insight: One Community's Journey With Its Superintendent	240	(4)
John E. Deasy
The Artistry of Leadership: The Evolving Role of The Secondary School Principal	244	(11)
Gerald N. Tirozzi
Whom Shall The Schools Serve? Some Dilemmas of Local Control in a Rural School District	255	(18)
Alan Peshkin
The Structure of Power in an Urban School System: A Study of Cincinnati School Politics	273	(19)
Joel Spring
Discussion Questions for Chapter 9	292	(2)
Readings on the Politics of Schools: Choice and Change	294	(43)
Tuition Tax Credits and Education Vouchers, Private Interests and The Public Good	295	(7)
Denis P. Doyle
Why I Don't Vouch for Vouchers	302	(4)
Barbara Miner
Making Schools Better: Choice and Educational Improvement	306	(6)
John Chubb
Choice Can Save Public Education	312	(5)
Deborah W. Meier
Beyond The Schoolhouse Door: How Charter Schools are Transforming U.S. Public Education	317	(17)
Bruno V. Manno
Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Gregg Vanourek
Discussion Questions for Chapter 10	334	(3)
Part Five SCHOOLING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Reforming the School: Past to Present	337	(21)
A Quarter Century of Committees, 1893-1918	338	(3)
The Progressives, 1900-1950	341	(2)
``Basics'' and Conservatism in the 1950s	343	(3)
The Current Wave of Reform	346	(7)
Restructuring The School	353	(2)
Notes	355	(3)
Readings on Educational Reform	358	(67)
The Condition of Teachers' Work	359	(4)
David K. Cohen
Huffing and Puffing and Blowing Schools Excellent	363	(10)
Susan Ohanian
Democracy in Education	373	(7)
John Dewey
Teaching for Democracy	380	(5)
George H. Wood
Caring and Respect: Key Factors in Restructuring a School	385	(13)
Dennis Littky
Becoming Good American Schools: The Struggle for Civic Virtue in Education Reform	398	(14)
Jeannie Oakes
Karen Hunter Quartz
Steve Ryan
Martin Lipton
What Does it Mean to Say a School is Doing Well?	412	(10)
Elliot W. Eisner
Discussion Questions for Chapter 12	422	(3)
Part Six THE NEW TEACHING PROFESSIONAL AND THE WORKPLACE
The Perception and Condition of the American Teacher	425	(12)
The Teaching Profession	425	(3)
Societal Perceptions and Pressures on Teachers	428	(2)
False Allegations of Child Abuse, Violence, and Drugs in American Schools	430	(1)
Teacher Accountability	431	(2)
Long-Term Educational Careers	433	(1)
Inservice Training and Graduate Education	434	(1)
Conclusion	434	(1)
Notes	434	(3)
Readings on Current Conditions in Schools	437	(44)
Concerns About Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse Against Teachers and The Teaching Environment	438	(7)
Elizabeth M. Anderson
Murray Levine
Anger, Dismay, Guilt, Anxiety - The Realities and Roles in Reporting Child Abuse	445	(6)
Jeanette C. Nunnelley
Teesue Fields
Dangerous Schools and What You Can Do About Them	451	(10)
Irwin A. Hyman
Pamela A. Snook
The Threat of Harm: Why You Can't Afford to Take Students' Threats Lightly	461	(6)
Julie Rasicot
The Ongoing Professional Journey	467	(6)
Lloyd Duck
Renewing The Profession of Teaching	473	(7)
John Goodlad
Discussion Questions for Chapter 14	480	(1)
Index	481