The Common School and the Comprehensive Ideal: A Defence by Richard Pring with Complementary Essays

Preface.

1. The Common School: Richard Pring.

Part I: Defending and Questioning the Comprehensive Ideal:.

2. In Search of the Comprehensive Ideal: by Way of an Introduction: Graham Haydon.

3. On the Necessity of Radical State Education: Democracy and the Common School: Michael Fielding.

4. Common Schooling and the Need for Distinction: Robin Barrow.

5. Educational Justice and Socio-economic Segregation in Schools: Harry Brighouse.

Part II: Common Schools in Multicultural Societies:.

6. Culture and the Common School: Walter Feinberg.

7. What is Common about Common Schooling? Rational Autonomy and Moral Agency in Liberal Democratic Education: Hanan Alexander.

8. Common Schools and Multicultural Education: Meira Levinson.

9. What Not To Wear: Dress Codes and Uniform Policies in the Common School: Dianne Gereluk.

Part III: Common Schools and Religion:.

10. Religious Education, Religious Literacy and Common Schooling: a Philosophy and History of Skewed Reflection: David Carr.

11. Religious Worldviews and the Common School: the French Dilemma: Kevin Williams.

12. Common Schools and Uncommon Conversations: Education, Religious Speech and Public Spaces: Kenneth A. Strike.

Part IV: School Choice and the Comprehensive Ideal:.

13. How and Why to Support Common Schooling and Educational Choice at the Same Time: Rob Reich.

14. From Adam Swift to Adam Smith: How the ‘Invisible Hand’ Overcomes Middle Class Hypocrisy: James Tooley.

15. School Choice, Brand Loyalty and Civic Loyalty: Mary Healy.

Part V: Common Schools and Inclusion:.

16. Capability and Educational Equality: the Just Distribution of Resources to Students with Disabilities and Special Educational Needs: Lorella Terzi.

17. A Question of Universality: Inclusive Education and the Principle of Respect: Ruth Cigman.

18. The Futures of Queer Children and the Common School Ideal: Kevin McDonough.

19. ‘Lookism’, Common Schools, Respect and Democracy: Andrew Davis.

20. In Place of a Conclusion: the Common School and the Melting Pot: J. Mark Halstead.

Index