ERIC Number: EJ1014265
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jul
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1477-8785
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Deferring Virtue: The New Management of Students and the Civic Role of Schools
Ben-Porath, Sigal
Theory and Research in Education, v11 n2 p111-128 Jul 2013
The expectation that schools resuscitate civic virtues and create a vibrant civic and public sphere competes with a more powerful contemporary demand on schools, namely, that they generate equal opportunity and mobility, especially for poor and minority youth. This equal opportunity is framed solely in the context of grades on standardized tests. The effort to improve the educational achievement of youth from underserved communities is undertaken through strict behavior management practices, particularly in charter networks that are seen as more successful. These, I suggest, pose the risk of undermining the opportunity students have to develop and practice civic virtues. I raise the possibility that schools teach different kinds of civic virtue to different kinds of children. (Contains 8 notes.)
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Civics, Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Citizenship Education, Charter Schools, Access to Education, Achievement Gap, Disadvantaged Youth, Minority Group Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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