Cultural differences are not asserted through the specificity of dominant notions of race, gender, and class, but through a commitment to expanding dialogue and exchange across cultural lines as part of a wider attempt to deepen and develop democratic public life.

Introduction: Beyond the Melting Pot--Schooling in the Twenty-first Century Rethinking the Nature of Educational Reform Teaching and the Role of the Transformative Intellectual The Literacy Crisis: A Critique and Alternative Reproduction and Resistance in Radical Theories of Schooling Radical Pedagogy and the Legacy of Marxist Discourse Curriculum Theory, Power, and Cultural Politics The Universities and the Question of Political Correctness Are We Having Fun Yet? Computers and the Future of Work and Play Multiculturalism under Siege in the Reagan/Bush Era Education and the Crisis in Public Philosophy Schooling and the Future: Revitalizing Public Education Selected Bibliography Index

The first edition of Education Under Siege, called a major achievement that deserves serious, sustained attention by College English, is now substantially revised and updated to include educational developments such as multiculturalism, political correctness, America 2000, AIDS in the schools, microsocieties, and unified universal learning through technology.

The aim of this interdisciplinary series is to create critical spaces for pedagogical and political interventions in both school and cultural sites. The titles represent a mix of approaches including historical, bibliographical, critical, sociological, economic, and ethnographic.