In this article the author briefly brings up two related conceptual and political areas that Zeus Leonardo and the author might want to discuss further. These concern the status of the language of "resistance" and "agency," terms that play a large part in Leonardo's essay and that are now among the pantheon of accepted political and analytic…

Provides a general overview of research on the sociology of school knowledge which has focused on the dynamics of class, gender, and race. Presents a framework for analyzing how these ideological dynamics produce the stratification of culture and people in education. (KH)