Review of Ravitch "National Standards"

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  • Michael W. Apple University of Wisconsin, Madison

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v4n10.1996

Keywords:

Book Review, Accountability, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Ideology, National Standards, Performance Based Assessment, Political Attitudes, Student Evaluation

Abstract

I assume that Diane Ravitch is someone who is as deeply committed to a fair and socially just education as I am--even when our political and educational agendas may differ--I also assume that re-stratification and fostering the power of the conservative restoration is not what she wants either. Thus, I do urge you to read this book, but perhaps for different reasons: to see it as a cautionary tale and then to watch as the public policies that are justified under its rhetorical umbrella and that are actually implemented on the ground go in uncomfortable directions.

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Author Biography

Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Michael W. Apple is John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Published

1996-06-30

How to Cite

Apple, M. W. (1996). Review of Ravitch "National Standards". Education Policy Analysis Archives, 4, 10. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v4n10.1996

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