Education Under Fire
Introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9201119 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bill Ayers, Rick Ayers |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-063-03-2011-07_1 |
| OpenAlex | W1992473417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Education at the beginning of the twenty-first century is in crisis and contestation. The economic instability of capitalism—reflected in the slowdown in the economic growth trend since the mid-1970s, worsening financial crises, and the growth of draconian neoliberal policies—has had the effect of further compromising a capitalist educational system already beset with problems.... The conflict over the agenda of the powerful with respect to schools is increasingly apparent. On the one side we find: privatization; drastically lowered expectations for students and families; the demonization of teachers; zero-tolerance as a cat's paw for surveillance and control; sort-and-punish curricula; a culture of obedience and conformity; and narrowing definition of learning as job-training and education, i.e., as a product to be bought and sold in the market. On the other side we find: a growing fight-back based on the principle that all human beings are of incalculable value and that life in a just and free society must be geared toward and powered by a profoundly radical idea: that the fullest development of all human beings—regardless of race or ethnicity, origin or background, gender identity, ability or disability—is the necessary condition for the full development of each person; and, conversely, the fullest development of each is the condition for the full development of all.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Capitalism · Conformity · Demonization · Ethnic group · Obedience · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Product (mathematics) · Sociology · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2015 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |