Social Context Reform - 9781138788619

Taylor & Francis

Social Context ReformA Pedagogy of Equity and Opportunity\nAuthor(s): Paul Thomas, Brad J. Porfilio, Julie Gorlewski, Paul R. Carr\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138788619, 978-1138788619\nSynopsis\nCurrently, both the status quo of public education and the \""No Excuses\"" Reform policies are identical. The reform offers a popular and compelling narrative based on the meritocracy and rugged individualism myths that are supposed to define American idealism. This volume will refute this ideology by proposing Social Context Reform, a term coined by Paul Thomas which argues for educational change within a larger plan to reform social inequitysuch as access to health care, food, higher employment, better wages and job security.\n\nSince the accountability era in the early 1980s, policy, public discourse, media coverage, and scholarly works have focused primarily on reforming schools themselves. Here, the evidence tha.