Introduction / Paula Wolfe and Leslie Poynor -- Relatively speaking: McCarthyism and teacher-resisters / Carole Edelsky -- The push of the pendulum / Bess Altwerger -- Who gets to play? How and why reading researchers were left out of the No Child Left Behind Act / Sharon Matthews -- Warning: current federal education policy may be hazardous to your health / Steve Strauss -- Making whole language disappear: how the National Reading Panel worked its magic / Joanne Yatvin -- Phonics, literalism, and futuristic fiction: religious fundamentalism and education policy / Ellen Brinkley and Constance Weaver -- Not in the script: the missing discourses of parents, students, and teachers about success for all / Kyle D. Shanton and Teresa C. Valenzuela -- Unelected policymakers: conservative think tanks and education / Eric Haas -- Bilinguaphobia in the new millennium / Chris Faltis and Cathy Coulter -- Cracks in the wall? Initiating actions against federal policy / Richard J. Meyer [and others] -- Where do we go from here? / Leslie Poynor and Paula Wolfe.
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An examination of the real world consequences of the political pressures and influences on teachers today. In particular, it looks at how the political actions of the conservative right disempower and control teachers, school districts, parents, and children.