At this moment, schools are doing everything they can to win the Race to the Top. They are allocating their funding to test preparation, riffing beloved teachers, and transferring students who "drag down" their grade average on the state report card. This book describes the current state of the education system in the United States. Readers will be on the front lines of the protests in Madison, in the inner city public-turned-charter schools, and in the shoes of the teachers dealing with educational politics every day. By the end of this text, you may beg the question: who's winning in the...

Following on the groundbreaking contributions of Deborah Brandt s "Literacy in American Lives" a literacy ethnography exploring how ordinary Americans have been affected by changes in literacy, public education, and structures of power "Literacy, Economy, and Power" expands Brandt s vision, exploring the relevance of her theoretical framework as it relates to literacy practices in a variety of current and historical contexts, as well as in literacy s expanding and global future. Bringing togetherscholars from rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies, the book offers thirteen engrossing...