Section » Theory
On Controlling for Family Influence on Achievement
As I review Berends’ and colleagues 2008 volume Charter School Outcomes (Lawrence Erlbaum), a key assumption of Anglo-American political theory, namely that just inequality is the result of “natural distinction” (as opposed to social distinction), undergirds the authors’ efforts to improve research methods for evaluating school...
Failure of Rights?
“It is the failure of the present social order to guarantee rights that is at issue…” “Was there ever a time in the history of public education that the guaranteed right of each member was the driving force?” The short answer is no, but it is an unsatisfactory answer because it does not deal with the meat of the question. Rights...
