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Front Cover -- Parental Choice? -- A Critical Reconsideration of Choice and the Debate About Choice -- A volume in -- Critical Constructions: Studies on Education and Society -- Series Editor: Curry Stephenson Malott -- CONTENTS -- 1. "Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain": A Critical Guide to Education, Research, and the Politics of It All 1 -- 2. Education as Political Football: What We Know (and Don't Know) About School Choice and Accountability 33 -- 3. Seeing Education Again for the First Time, Or School Isn't What It Used to Be … Or Is It? 57 -- 4. The Child in Society, the Child at Home, the Child at School 87 -- 5. Caught Between our Children and Testing, Testing, Testing … 109 -- 6. Parental Choice?-A Postformal Response 133 -- Critical Constructions: Studies on Education and Society -- Curry Stephenson Malott, Series Editor -- Parental Choice? -- A Critical Reconsideration of Choice and the Debate About Choice -- P. L. Thomas Furman University -- Information Age Publishing, Inc. -- Charlotte, North Carolina www.infoagepub.com -- Preface -- Table 1. -- iNTRODUCTION -- A CHOICE DEBATE IN MILWAUKEE-A TYPICAL SNAPSHOT -- CHOICE: UNPACKING THE TERM AND THE IDEAL -- 1. What choices do parents and all stakeholders have concerning the education of children in a free society? -- 2. What forces restrict choices by those stakeholders related to education? How does a society seek a level playing field not distorted by affluence, race, gender, or any status beyond the control of any person? -- 3. What does the current evidence reveal about school choice- vouchers, charter schools, tuition tax credits, and a variety of educational structures (including private schools) as they are impacted by public support and market forces? -- CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AND POSTFORMALISM -- THE STAKEHOLDERS IN UNIVERSAL PUBLIC EDUCATION -- PARENTAL CHOICE?.

The American psyche, measured and certain -- Politics, media, and education : honesty among the numbers -- The numbers and forces behind teaching practices -- Dismantling public education by the numbers

An introduction: can critical media literacy save us? / Christian Z. Goering and P. l. Thomas -- An educator's primer: fake news, post-truth, and a critical free press / P. l. Thomas -- Reconsidering evidence in real world arguments / Troy Hicks and Kristen Hawley Turner -- What is the story? reading the web as narrative / Sharon A. Murchie and Janet A. Neyer -- Fighting "fake news" in an age of digital disorientation: towards "Real news," critical media literacy education, and independent journalism for 21st century citizens / Rob Williams -- Educating the myth-led: critical literacy pedagogy in a post-truth world / Robert Williams and Daniel Woods -- Teaching critical media literacy as a social process in writing intensive classrooms / Joanne Addison -- Before you click "share": mindful media literacy as a positive civic act / Jason l. Endacott, Matthew l. Dingler, Seth D. French and John P. Broome -- Engaging the storied mind: teaching critical media literacy through narrative / Erin O'Neill Armendarez -- Supporting media-savvy youth-activists: the case of Marcus Yallow / Mark A. Lewis -- Creating wobble in a world of spin: positioning students to challenge media poses / Sarah Bonner, Robyn Seglem and Antero Garcia

Explores the prescriptions that hinder authentic and effective approaches to literacy instruction. This book identifies scripts which include the Bureaucratic Script, the Corporate Script, the Student Script, the Parent and Public Script, and the Administrative Script

Introduction : Where There Is Democracy, Should There Be Decency? : Framing the Context, Notion, and Potential for a More "Decent" Democracy / Paul R. Carr, Paul L. Thomas, Julie Gorlewski and Brad J. Porfilio -- What Is Decency Within the Context of Democracy and Education? / Katie Zahedi -- Democracy, Education, and a Politics of Idignation / Dalene M. Swanson -- Social Justice : Seeking Democracy That Eschews Oppression in Any Form / Sheron Fraser-Burgess -- Social Justice Requirements for Democracy and Education / Carlos Riodigos Mosquera -- The Ascendance of Democracy : David Purpel's Prophetic Pedagogical Path to Democracy / Richard Hartsell and Susan B. Harden -- Writing and Restoring Democracy : Empathy, Critique, and the Neoliberal Monoculture / Chris Gilbert -- What Are Icelandic Teachers? : Attitudes Toward Democracy in Education? / Ingimar lafsson Waage, Kristj?n Kristj?nsson, and Amal?a Bjornsdottir -- Ripples of Change : Redefining Democracy and Fostering Resistance in the Classroom / Emily A. Daniels -- Education, Democracy, and Decency : Which Curriculum Ideology Best Addresses a Child's Education for Democracy? / Richard H. Rogers -- Whose Democracy Is This, Anyway? : Teaching Socially Responsible Literacies for Democracy, Decency, and Mindfulness / Joseph R. Rodriguez -- Unschooling for Citizen Creation / Kristan Morrison -- Democracy and Decency Supporting Science Teaching / Michael Svec -- Educating To Act Decently : Can Human Rights Education Foster Socially Just Democracy? / Stefanie Rinaldi -- Responsible Citizens and Critical Skills in Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence : The Contribution of Classical Rhetoric to Democratic Deliberation / Arlene Holmes-Henderson -- The Isolated Irish and Education for Democracy : Acknowledging Our Responsibility to Ourselves in Social Sciences Education/ Aoife B. Prendergast -- Beyond the School Of Greece and Into Baltimore : Education in Undemocratic Democracies / Pamela J. Hickey and Tim W. Watson -- Case Study : A Suburban High School's Courageous Conversations of Democracy and Diversity / Jacquelyn Benchik-Osborne -- Pedagogies of Democracy and Decency in a Religiously Diverse Society / Rawia Hayik -- Mobilizing Citizenship Education in the Arab World : Toward a Pedagogy for Democracy / Wisam Kh. Abdul-Jabbar