Defending Public Schools

General Editor's Introduction: Defending Public Schools, Defending Democracy xi E. Wayne Ross Foreword xix Peter McLaren Preface xxiii Introduction: Defending Public Education from the Public xxv David A. Gabbard Part I The Security State and the Traditional Role of Schools 1(28) ``Welcome to the Desert of the Real'': A Brief History of What Makes Schooling Compulsory 3(12) David A. Gabbard The State, the Market, & (Mis)education 15(14) Takis Fotopoulos Part II Security Threats 29(44) What Is The Matrix? What Is the Republic?: Understanding ``The Crisis of Democracy'' 31(12) David A. Gabbard Civic Literacy at Its Best: The ``Democratic Distemper'' of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) 43(12) John Marciano A Matter of Conflicting Interests?: Problematizing the Traditional Role of Schools 55(18) Sandra Jackson Part III Security Measures: Defending Public Education from the Public 73(148) A Nation at Risk---Reloaded: The Security State and the New World Order 75(16) David A. Gabbard The Hegemony of Accountability: The Corporate-Political Alliance for Control of Schools 91(10) Sandra Mathison E. Wayne Ross Neoliberalism and Schooling in the United States: How State and Federal Government Education Policies Perpetuate Inequality 101(16) David W. Hursh Camille Anne Martina State Theory and Urban School Reform I: A Reconsideration from Detroit 117(14) Barry M. Franklin State Theory and Urban School Reform II: A Reconsideration from Milwaukee 131(10) Thomas C. Pedroni Cooking the Books: Educational Apartheid with No Child Left Behind 141(16) Sheila L. Macrine The Securitized Student: Meeting the Demands of Neoliberalism 157(18) Kenneth J. Saltman Enforcing the Capitalist Agenda For and in Education: The Security State at Work in Britain and the United States 175(16) Dave Hill Privatization and Enforcement: The Security State Transforms Higher Education 191(16) John F. Welsh Schooling and the Security State 207(14) Julie Webber Notes 221(28) Index 249(10) About the Editors 259(2) About the Contributors 261 General Editor's Introduction: Defending Public Schools, Defending Democracy ix E. Wayne Ross Introduction: Teaching for a Democratic Society xvii Kathleen R. Kesson Part I Teacher Education and Teacher Development 1(56) Cultivating Democratic Curriculum Judgments: Toward a Mature Profession 3(14) Kathleen R. Kesson James G. Henderson Finding the Color of the Sky: Inquiry in Teacher Preparation 17(14) Cecelia Traugh Informing the Present, Illuminating the Past: Historical Knowledge and Teacher Development 31(12) Sonia E. Murrow Standards, Testing, and Teacher Quality: Common Sense vs. Authority in Educational Reform 43(14) Paul Shaker Part II The Labor of Teaching 57(78) A Dangerous, Lucid Hour: Compliance, Alienation, and the Restructuring of New York City High Schools 59(20) Paula M. Salvio Pursuing Authentic Teaching in an Age of Standardization 79(18) Kevin D. Vinson Rich Gibson E. Wayne Ross An ``Inhuman Power'': Alienated Labor in Low-Performing Schools 97(14) Kathleen R. Kesson Gender and the Construction of Teaching 111(12) Susan Laird Another Brick in the Wall: High-Stakes Testing in Teacher Education---The California Teacher Performance Assessment 123(12) Perry M. Marker Part III Teaching for Social Justice 135(54) Caring-Centered Multicultural Education: Addressing the Academic and Writing Needs of English Learners 137(12) Valerie Ooka Pang Evangelina Bustamante Jones The Role of Race in Teacher Education: Using Critical Race Theory to Develop Racial Consciousness and Competence 149(12) Tyrone C. Howard Glenda R. Aleman Thinking Inclusively about Inclusive Education 161(12) Mara Sapon-Shevin Things to Come: Teachers' Work and the Broken Promises of Urban School Reform in an Age of High-Stakes Testing 173(16) Dennis Carlson Notes 189(22) Index 211(4) About the Editors 215(2) About the Contributors 217 General Editor's Introduction: Defending Public Schools, Defending Democracy ix E. Wayne Ross Defending Public Schools: Curriculum and the Challenge of Change---An Introduction xvii Kevin D. Vinson E. Wayne Ross Part I History, Context, and the Future of the Public School Curriculum 1(104) An Artful Curriculum/A Curriculum Full of Life 3(14) Rita L. Irwin Old Wine in a New Bottle: Twentieth-Century Social Studies in a Twenty-First-Century World 17(14) Perry M. Marker Literacy Research and Educational Reform: Sorting through the History and the Myths 31(16) Martha Rapp Ruddell The Mathematics Curriculum: Prosecution, Defense, Verdict 47(14) Cynthia O. Anhalt Robin A. Ward Kevin D. Vinson Science in Public Schools: What Is It and Who Is It For? 61(16) Bruce Johnson Elisabeth Roberts Character Education: Coming Full Circle 77(16) Don Trent Jacobs Not the Same Old Thing: Maria Montessori---A Nontraditional Approach to Public Schooling in an Age of Traditionalism and Standardization 93(12) Elizabeth Oberle Kevin D. Vinson Part II Critical Issues in Curriculum 105(94) The Military and Corporate Roots of State-Regulated Knowledge 107(12) Stephen C. Fleury Extreme Takeover: Corporate Control of the Curriculum, with Special Attention to the Case of Reading 119(14) Steven L. Strauss The Body and Sexuality in Curriculum 133(16) Lisa W. Loutzenheiser When Race Shows Up in the Curriculum: Teacher (Self-) Reflective Responsibility in Students' Opportunities to Learn 149(12) H. Richard Milner Leon D. Caldwell Ira E. Murray Critical Multicultural Social Studies in the Borderlands: Resistance, Critical Pedagogy, and la lucha for Social Justice 161(12) Marc Pruyn Robert Haworth Rebecca Sanchez Schooling and Curriculum for Social Transformation: Reconsidering the Status of a Contentious Idea 173(26) William B. Stanley Notes 199(24) Index 223(12) About the Editors 235(2) About the Contributors 237 General Editor's Introduction: Defending Public Schools, Defending Democracy ix E. Wayne Ross Introduction: The Nature and Limits of Standards-Based Reform and Assessment xvii Sandra Mathison E. Wayne Ross Part I History, Context, and the Future of Educational Standards and Assessment 1(166) A Short History of Educational Assessment and Standards-Based Educational Reform 3(12) Sandra Mathison Standards-Based Education: Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right 15(12) W. James Popham The Costs of Overemphasizing Achievement 27(8) Alfie Kohn International Comparisons: Worth the Cost? 35(14) Gerald W. Bracey Assessment, Accountability, and the Impossible Dream 49(8) Linda Mabry Authentic Accountability: An Alternative to High-Stakes Testing 57(14) Ken Jones Evaluation of Schools and Education: Bad Practice, Limited Knowledge 71(10) Sandra Mathison Marco A. Munoz Part II Perspectives on Standards and Assessment Teachers Working with Standards and State Testing 81(12) Sandra Mathison Melissa Freeman ``Parental Involvement'': In Defense of What Kind of Vision for ``Public'' School? 93(14) Melissa Freeman Leaving No Child Left Behind: Accountability Reform and Students with Disabilities 107(14) Margaret J. McLaughlin Katherine M. Nagle The Accumulation of Disadvantage: The Consequences of Testing for Poor and Minority Children 121(16) Sandra Mathison Educational Leaders and Assessment-Based Reform 137(12) William A. Firestone The Mismeasure and Abuse of Our Children: Why School Officials Must Resist State and National Standardized Testing Reforms 149(18) William C. Cala Notes 167(16) Index 183(6) About the Editors 189(2) About the Contributors 191