Challenging the conservative agenda for educational reform, this book critiques the assumptions of this agenda, examining the problems that have riddled its implementation in schools, and suggesting constructive alternatives. It offers a mix of perspectives on: the social and political contexts of contemporary educational reform initiatives.
"In response to the nationwide attacks on education in the name of educational reform packaged in No Child Left Behind, general analyses and local accounts of these attacks, as well as arguments on behalf of 'authentic educational reform' are badly needed..... This volume offers a useful combination of specific case studies, theory, and policy."- Gerald Coles, educational psychologist, US
