Book contents
- Badges and Incidents
- Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Badges and Incidents
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Political Philosophy of American Education
- 2 American Education from Independence to Reconstruction and the Stamp of Slavery
- 3 Older but Not Wiser: America Industrializes and Embraces the Flawed Philosophy of Behaviorism in Education
- 4 Brown and Resegregation
- 5 Voluntary Race-Conscious Admissions Policies in Higher Education
- 6 San Antonio, Inequity, and the Human Struggle
- 7 Gender Discrimination in Education
- 8 Special Education and Inclusion
- 9 Civil Rights in the Educational Environment and Student Discipline
- 10 Current Reform Initiatives and a Better Way Forward
- Index
10 - Current Reform Initiatives and a Better Way Forward
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 September 2019
Book contents
- Badges and Incidents
- Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Badges and Incidents
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Political Philosophy of American Education
- 2 American Education from Independence to Reconstruction and the Stamp of Slavery
- 3 Older but Not Wiser: America Industrializes and Embraces the Flawed Philosophy of Behaviorism in Education
- 4 Brown and Resegregation
- 5 Voluntary Race-Conscious Admissions Policies in Higher Education
- 6 San Antonio, Inequity, and the Human Struggle
- 7 Gender Discrimination in Education
- 8 Special Education and Inclusion
- 9 Civil Rights in the Educational Environment and Student Discipline
- 10 Current Reform Initiatives and a Better Way Forward
- Index
Summary
This chapter illuminates the many deficiencies of contemporary educational reform movements. Most notable among these movements are “accountability,” privatization, vouchers, and charter schools. All of these impulses prove, under closer examination, to be inimical to the tenets of social constructivism, the vision of the Founders, and the project of democracy. Many of these “reforms” have even tacitly adopted the language and principles of behaviorism. The chapter concludes by proposing social constructivist pedagogy and early childhood intervention as the best way to educate a democratic citizenry.
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- Badges and IncidentsA Transdisciplinary History of the Right to Education in America, pp. 201 - 223Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019