Vicious Circles in Education Reform

Vicious Circles traces the history of development of public education and the near simultaneous advent of educational reform from its very beginning. Drawing on history politics law sociology and educational research all aspects of public schooling are brought to light using a non-partisan analytical approach. Critically examining areas such as institutional racism sexism ableism ethnocentrism and xenophobia as well as the corporatization and privatization of public schooling Shyman extracts the fundamental problems that have ever plagued and continue to plague successful education reform.