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The Seduction of Common Sense: How the Right Has Framed the Debate on America's Schools.(Brief article)(Book review)
The Seduction of Common Sense: How the Right Has Framed the Debate on America's Schools. Kevin K. Kumashiro (Teachers College Press).
This is a book that does not live up to its provocative title. For sure, some of the author's analysis rings true: K-12 education reformers sometimes try to scare the public and policymakers into action (think "A Nation at Risk"), and the Right may use the language of a "strict father" when arguing for testing, standards, and sanctions for failing schools. But Kumashiro comes from such a Far Left perspective (the book is part of a series edited by none other than bomber turned ed school professor William Ayers) that the thrust of his arguments is easily marginalized. In the author's conspiracy-laden world, the Right works to "maintain the status quo, particularly its hierarchies and privileges" and to "undermine public education." Vouchers, ...
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