Educating the Right Way: Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality
Prolific author Apple (curriculum and instruction, education  policy studies, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) has recently been  awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Educational  Research Association as well as a UCLA Medal for outstanding  achievement in education. His latest assault on the political  right targets many of the same conservative movements that he  fired on in Official Knowledge: Democratic Education in a  Conservative Age (Routledge, 1993. o.p.). Here he explains how  and why right-wing groups have become so powerful in recent  years, warning that U.S. public education is endangered by  rightist thinking. Apple argues passionately against vouchers,  national curricula, standardized testing, and other misguided  notions of reform and contends that "authoritarian populist"  proposals will exacerbate inequality in and among our schools.  He urges readers to affirm a more democratic education system.  Extensive notes and bibliographical references support his  provocative arguments. Highly recommended for academic and  public libraries. Will Hepfer, SUNY at Buffalo Libs.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.