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HARP-245 |
| Title: |
The “Public” in Public Schools: A School Board Debate |
| Source: |
Canadian Journal of Education v. 26 no. 1 (2001) p. 19-36 |
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| Year: |
2001 |
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0 |
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| Keywords: |
Canada, decision making, democracy, economic, social, and cultural rights, human rights, civil and political rights, educational rights, education, freedom of thought |
| Abstract: |
In this article I explore the debate about common schooling in an increasingly diverse and less deferential Canada. In a case study, I describe how one school board reacted when dissatisfied parents tried to establish a traditional school. The board rejected two such proposals, consistent with its policy of inclusion. The parents made it clear that there was no agreement about the meaning of inclusion and the nature of schooling in the district. This “politics of difference” poses questions about teachers’ work, democratic decision-making, and school policy that are not addressed when school choice is treated as a market phenomenon. |
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False |
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Keywords: Canada, civil and political rights, cultural rights, decision/decision-making, democracy, economic, education, educational rights, freedom of thought, human rights, social
