Critical Evaluation for Education Reform

Creator

Gisele A. Waters

Files

Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

November 1998

Abstract

The school reform movement has done little to provide an accurate analysis of the production of inequality or the reproduction of social injustice in the public schools or the larger social order. The ideology that influences this movement has often prevented the realization of any notion of an egalitarian ideal, the elimination of inequality, or the improvement of those who are least well-off. I ask educators and evaluators of education reform efforts to reconsider critically their roles in social science research, to reclaim the battleground of public school reform by focusing on the democratic purpose of public schooling, and the institutional problems in educational programs and practice that often inhibit action toward this ideal.

Keywords

Educational change, Public schools

Extent

38

Volume

6

Issue

20

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00111

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Waters, Gisele A., "Critical Evaluation for Education Reform" (1998). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 24.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/24