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Defending Public Schools: The nature and limits of standards based reform and assessment

Sandra Mathison, Professor of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada & E. Wayne Ross, Professor of Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of British Columbia, Canada

18th November 2013

Educational standards and assessment practices are the engine driving the historic changes public schools are experiencing today. This...

Deficit and Neoliberal Discourses, Urban Teachers’ Work, and the “Blame Game”

Heidi K Pitzer, PhD Candidate, Syracuse University, US

4th November 2013

Blaming public school teachers for the troubles of the U.S. education system is the name of the game. This paper considers how teachers...

Keeping the Peace: Social Justice Unionism in a Canadian Context

Cindy Rottmann, Research Associate, University of Toronto, Canada

14th October 2013

In this paper I argue that the liberal white fantasy of civility , held deeply by many Canadians is precisely the condition that works...

The Black and White of Education in Chicago’s Public Schools, Class, Charters & Chaos: A Hard Look at Privatization Schemes Masquerading as Education Policy

Carol Caref, Chicago Teachers Union et al

14th October 2013

In The Black and White of Education in Chicago’s Public Schools, the Chicago Teachers Union exposes the falsehoods and inequities created...

Still separate, still unequal

Pavlyn Jankov, Chicago Teachers Union

14th October 2013

The study, Still Separate, Still Unequal exposes the deep segregation that exists in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), which is exacerbated by...