Jean Anyon

Jean Anyon is a widely read critical theorist and researcher in education. Her work uses political economy to assess the impact of public policy on urban neighborhoods and schools. Her focus has been on the confluence of race, social class, and policy. Many of her writings are classics in the field - for example, "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work", "Social Class and School Knowledge", and "Ghetto Schooling: A Political Economy of Urban Education". Her recent books include "Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and a New Social Movement" (Routledge 2005) and Theory and Educational Research: Toward Critical Social Explanation ((Routledge 2008). She is a professor of social and educational policy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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