TY - BOOK AU - Larson,Joanne TI - Radical equality in education: starting over in U.S. schooling SN - 9780415528030 AV - LC213.2 .L38 2014 U1 - 379.2/6 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York, London PB - Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group KW - Educational equalization KW - United States KW - Educational change KW - Critical pedagogy KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-102) and index N2 - Poses basic questions about the nature and purpose of schooling. Proposing that what is needed is a new purpose consistent with contemporary knowledge production processes--one that moves beyond the either/or binary of preparing workers/citizens in a competitive global economoy or a democracy, Larson argues that the only real solution is to start over in in U.S. education--the purpose of schooling should be to facilitate human learning, meaning making, and knowledge production toward just and equitable education for all. --From publisher description ER -