"Life in Schools"

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The paper discusses education expert Peter McLaren, a well-known proponent for enforcing social reform and teaching and discussing about new issues in education and critical theory, which is the critical pedagogy and multicultural education. His extensive works regarding the study of critical pedagogy has already made him popular and well received by students, scholars and readers who are in line of thinking with Paulo Freire, one of the most famous educational thinkers who revolutionized the way scholars treat the problem of education in the contemporary American society. The paper analyzes McLaren's book "Life in Schools: An Introduction to Critical Pedagogy in the Foundation of Education," which is a reflection of McLaren's belief about the radical change the educational system needed and the social reform the educational system needs, in order relieve the poor, "oppressed" people from suffering the commercialization and disintegration of knowledge and quality learning in America's educational system.

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"Public and private education has also been declining in quality and superiority when it comes to providing superior quality of education to the students. Public schools have been declining in quality of educations as compared to private ones, which is usually controlled and run by businesses. Again, capitalist industries take "full rein" in the administration of school activities and programs, and its control does not only involve school administration, but also "privatization, school choice, accountability schemes, and standardized tests." Again, commercialization is evident even in public and private schools in the educational institution of America."

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