The Moral and Spiritual Crisis in Education: A Curriculum for Justice and Compassion in Education

Summary: "Purpel . . . ably complements the economic and political focus of critical pedagogy by shedding new light on spiritual and moral dimensions of public discourse. His book is a welcome addition to the literature in that it articulately scrutinizes the interface of culture and education and attendant trivialization of school reform. . . . While his marvelous book offers only several examples of just schools, it enormou...sly enriches a still unfinished dialectic." Choice [read more]