Public and Counterpublics: Rereading the Case of Riverside through Critical Pragmatism. A Response to "Community Insurgency: Constituency, Choice, and the Common Good"

Autor/in	Knight-Abowitz, Kathleen
Titel	Public and Counterpublics: Rereading the Case of Riverside through Critical Pragmatism. A Response to "Community Insurgency: Constituency, Choice, and the Common Good"
Quelle	In: Democracy & Education, 29 (2021) 2, Artikel 4 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-3545
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Democracy; School Choice; Charter Schools; Local History; Educational Philosophy; Educational Theories; Rural Schools; School Segregation; School Districts; Politics of Education; School Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Ortsgeschichte; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; School district; Schulbezirk; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Schulpolitik
Abstract	An article of empirically informed philosophical analysis of charter schooling that features local histories, voices of stakeholders, and an optimistic view on the democratic potential of charter school policies, the original piece presents a compelling, if extreme, case of charter school formation. In this response, I offer an alternative theoretical framing to the case. I argue that the scholarship of constitutional scholars is much less relevant as an interpretive lens on the case than more critical, contemporary pragmatist thinkers. I hope to show in this response how Deweyan political philosophy might have been used throughout the argument to produce a more nuanced and less naïve reading of charter schooling as a venue for creating new public spheres in education beyond traditional public schools. The qualitative study featured in this paper produces a detailed reading of a local charter schooling initiative that is worthy of serious analysis. My response suggests new, more plausible ways to theoretically interpret the rich case offered here. [This article is in response to "Community Insurgency: Constituency, School Choice, and the Common Good" (EJ1316911).] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01