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This chapter compares the rhetoric of school with the reality of what children experience; then queries how, why, when, and where we educate our children; and how school choice should be an informed decision but has become a hotly debated issue in a commodified educational marketplace. The massification and marketization of education are examined in the light of such trends as the Global Education Reform Movement (GERM), accountability standards for teachers, and a curriculum focused on narrowly defined vocational outcomes. Responses to these trends are examined, including the alternative view that ‘It takes a whole village to raise a child’. How do we understand and work within these opposing positions in the twenty-first century?
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Stehlik, T. (2018). School: Rhetoric, Reality, and Revisionism. In: Educational Philosophy for 21st Century Teachers. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75969-2_5
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