Open AccessReview of Ravitch "National Standards"
Author(s) -
Michael W. Apple
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
education policy analysis archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1068-2341
DOI - 10.14507/epaa.v4n10.1996
Subject(s) - rhetorical question , politics , power (physics) , political science , sociology , public administration , law , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
I assume that Diane Ravitch is someone who is as deeply committed to a fair and socially just education as I am--even when our political and educational agendas may differ--I also assume that re-stratification and fostering the power of the conservative restoration is not what she wants either. Thus, I do urge you to read this book, but perhaps for different reasons: to see it as a cautionary tale and then to watch as the public policies that are justified under its rhetorical umbrella and that are actually implemented on the ground go in uncomfortable directions.