A Marxist Education - by Wayne Au (Paperback)

About the Book

A critical analysis of the state of public education under capitalism and the prospects for radical pedagogy and reform.

Book Synopsis

A critical analysis of the state of public education under capitalism and the prospects for radical pedagogy and reform.

Review Quotes

"In A Marxist Education, Wayne Au reveals the method he has applied for years to understand structures of education that have made him one of the most insightful voices nationally in the struggle for education justice. Au boldly illustrates to educators and activists how Marxism is a dynamic tool for resisting the ways schooling has been used to reproduce racism and oppression."
--Jesse Hagopian, author of More Than a Score

"Shattering myths and misconceptions about Marxism in every chapter, Wayne Au shows how Marx's method has guided his pathbreaking research on the racial politics of education policy and his work as an activist and organizer for educational justice."
--Brian Jones, Associate Director of Education at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

"Au's purpose is to upend the dogma of common sense, to analyze the educational catastrophe before us and the seeds of the struggles we will need to mount in order to imagine and then enact just schools; his method is dialectical-materialism; his insights are profound and plentiful. The result is an essential book for these times, a weapon to carry to the next school board meeting, the picket line, or the barricades."
--Bill Ayers is the author of Demand the Impossible and Teaching Toward Freedom

About the Author

Wayne Au is a Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell and a long-time author and editor for the social justice teaching magazine, Rethinking Schools.