Educationalization is a term most frequently used to indicate that government (in particular) has inappropriately imposed on educational institutions responsibility for providing the solution to some social or economic problem. In this essay David Bridges illustrates, however, the way in which educational institutions collude in this process,…

In this review essay, Harvey Kantor and Robert Lowe explore the history of the culture wars in public education in the United States. Drawing on three books--David Tyack's "Seeking Common Ground," Jonathan Zimmerman's "Whose America?" and Amy Binder's "Contentious Curricula"--Kantor and Lowe review the history of…

Career education is a reform movement which seeks to create more efficient workers for the capitalist system of production. The goals of producing fulfilled and satisfied workers must be shared by career educators and the broader society. (JN)

The significance of the "New Federalism" for education is discussed in a philosophical context. The probable impact of this political trend on cultural, class, and social relationships is predicted. (PP)