The death knell has not been rung, nor have the conceptual boundaries of Marxism been delineated. Giroux has overlooked many of the more sophisticated strands of Marxism. (MT)

The author discusses how the Marxist tradition bridges the fact-value dichotomy in curriculum studies and how the bridging affects explanatory and prescriptive analysis. (MT)

Examines and assesses Marxist debates over schooling and societal reproduction. Argues that, if Marxists insist on using functional analysis to explain schools in capitalist society, the accuracy of these explanations must be empirically assessed. (FMW)

The construction and reconstruction of public school and college curricula cannot be understood without an understanding of how they are intimately tied to larger social currents and cross-currents. This book attempts to provide a coherent yet inconclusive synthesis of the progressive tradition that challenges both the curricular status quo and…