Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
"I intend to reflect upon the tragic irony of the current crisis of education that leads to Stan Karp (2011) to characterize it as follows: “If you support testing, charters, merit pay, the elimination of tenure and seniority, and control of school policy by corporate managers you’re a ‘reformer.’ If you support increased school funding, collective bargaining, and control of school policy by educators, you’re a ‘defender of the status quo.’” Largely as a result of huge marketing campaigns in the corporate media, it is the ideological right wing who now claims the mantle of reformer and progressive teachers and defenders of public schooling have been placed on the defensive."
Recommended Citation
McLaren, P. (2013). A critical patriotism for urban schooling: A call for a pedagogy against fear and denial and for democracy. Texas Education Review, 1: 234-253. Retrieved from: http://txedrev.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/McLaren_A-Critical-Patriotism-for-Urban-Schooling_TxEdRev.pdf
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
The author
Comments
This article was originally published in Texas Education Review, volume 1, in 2013.