Journal article
Closing the Achievement Gap: A Metaphor for Children Left Behind
Abstract
The No Child Left Behind Act presents an unprecedented challenge to current educational policy matters. While aimed at addressing the needs of disadvantaged children by claiming to promote equity, justice, and social citizenship among all youth, the new accountability seems to be concerned more with the imperatives of the marketplace. The education framework currently in place becomes a vehicle for social mobility for those few privileged …
Authors
Giroux HA; Schmidt M
Journal
Journal of Educational Change, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 213–228
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
9 2004
DOI
10.1023/b:jedu.0000041041.71525.67
ISSN
1389-2843