Addresses the corrosive effects of corporate culture on the academy and society, arguing that neoliberal discourses of privatization and commercialization reduce citizenship to self-interest. Maintains that corporate culture ignores social injustices while emphasizing unfettered market forces, threatening understanding of democracy and the meaning…

Analyzes the representation of race and ethnicity in two films, "Dangerous Minds" and "Suture." Examines how Whiteness must be theorized and discussed as an historical, cultural, and political construction. (SK)

Analyzes the major positions of theories of reproduction and resistance and finds them inadequate as a foundation for a critical science of schooling. Outlines directions for a theory of resistance and schooling that contains understanding of how power, resistance, and human agency can become central in the struggle for social justice. (JOW)

The authors argue that many of the recently recommended public-school reforms either sidestep or abandon the principles underlying education for a democratic citizenry developed by John Dewey and others. The authors outline a teacher education curriculum that links the critical study of power, language, culture, and history to the practice of a…

Criticizes the movement to link the outcomes of education solely to the needs of the business community and argues that this philosophy of education undermines efforts to equip students with the skills necessary to analyze sociopolitical processes at work. (JOW)

Considers why cultural studies scholars do not take seriously the schools' role in shaping culture and politics and why educators do not analyze teaching and learning within a cultural studies framework. Examines effects on youth of popular media, economic conditions, and violence through a discussion of films on youth culture. (SK)