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Direct linkSmyth, John – Critical Studies in Education, 2012
Public schools around the world have been hijacked and deformed beyond recognition by the forces of the economy over the past three decades. This paper provides an analysis and a way out of this miasma around the notion of the socially just school. While not another prescription, this orientation is argued to be the most hopeful possibility for…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Public Schools, Economic Factors, Critical Theory
Smyth, John – Critical Studies in Education, 2010
The Labor government in Australia has recently embarked on an extremely ambitious program of social inclusion for the most marginalized groups in society. Drawing upon the approach of "policy scholarship" this paper examines some federal government "policy texts" to describe what has occurred and asks questions about what is meant by the social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Educational Policy, Inclusive Schools
Smyth, John – Critical Studies in Education, 2009
This paper critiques the notion of community capacity building (CCB) and the way it is increasingly being invoked in social policy as a way of tackling disadvantage. The paper argues that CCB and a number of its derivative terms are not as straightforward as they appear. Superficially, CCB presents as a useful way of approaching school and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Leadership, Public Policy, Foreign Countries
