What Reform Talk Does: Creating New Inequalities in Education.

Apple, Michael W.

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Publication Date: 1988

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What Reform Talk Does: Creating New Inequalities in Education.

Apple, Michael W.

Educational Administration Quarterly, v24 n3 p257-71 Aug 1988

The current language of educational reform embodies authoritarian and anti-intellectual attitudes of a powerful alliance of New Right ideologues; this language diverts our attention from many of the root causes of our problems, subordinating educational goals to economic goals and creating a two-tier society. (TE)

Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Conservatism, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, Ideology, Political Influences, Political Socialization, Politics of Education, School Business Relationship

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