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Ideological Success, Educational Failure

On the Politics of No Child Left Behind

Bibliographic Data

ID7861999
AuthorsM W Apple (0000-0001-8459-8238, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume58
Issue2
Pages108-116
Publication date2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4871 • E-ISSN: 1552-7816
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022487106297844
OpenAlexW2016820892
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited8

Most educators in the United States have had to confront the changed reality brought about by the federal reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). This represents a set of initiatives that can radically transform the federal role in policing and controlling core aspects of education in general and teacher education. Using a number of key volumes that have been written to either criticize or support major components of NCLB, I provide a critical reading of the assumptions behind NCLB and point to a number of its key negative implications for educational policy and practice. In the process, I point to areas where educators might look for more critically democratic alternatives

Accountability · Democracy · Elementary and Secondary Education Act · Ideology · Mathematics education · No child left behind · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Reading (process) · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Teacher education · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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Unique citing works20
Citations per year1,05
Citation span2007 - 2025 (19)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 19
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