tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004193.post112355415701469165..comments2024-03-27T20:39:56.082-05:00Comments on Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas: Who Needs Education Schools?Angela Valenzuelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377527828841110131noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004193.post-1123615276737772222005-08-09T14:21:00.000-05:002005-08-09T14:21:00.000-05:00I am posting this on behalf of Professor Pete Farr...I am posting this on behalf of Professor Pete Farruggio:<BR/><BR/>Angela,<BR/><BR/>Curious about Dr Steiner, I searched and found this little essay at the Hoover Institute's site (coincidence???). My quick summary:<BR/><BR/>Educated in England, he thinks the A-level exams are peachy keen for "creating a national vocabulary"<BR/><BR/>Along these lines, he is a strong proponent of a national curriculum<BR/><BR/>His entire focus is on high school and curriculum. No mention of K-8, nor of pedagogy. Therefore, I surmise that he is interested in public ed as an ideological tool. He takes ED Hirsch as a given. What Hirsch says is important is therefore important. I call this "passing on the ruling class ideology"<BR/><BR/>He criticizes US multiculturalism as vague and too dismissive of the core national culture<BR/><BR/>By the way, his faculty profile at Boston University's site says he is involved in the Paedeia movement. Given the elitist values espoused in his essay, I see that he is one of those Paedeia-ites who view that program model as a social reproductionist instrument for the chosen few, a way to "pass on the culture" to upper class whites and some of the "talented tenth"<BR/><BR/>Pete Farruggio<BR/><BR/>PS: Heaven help the poor ed students at Hunter College!Angela Valenzuelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369918497616804796noreply@blogger.com