Compare And Contrast Tyack And Cuban

Tinkering toward Utopia discusses the educational reform efforts and what comes along with it Tyack and Cuban have a strong opinion when it comes to education, the role of education, and the purpose of education. Education is important; however, at times it’s not seen to be important, but rather to be convenience. According to Tyack and Cuban, many groups have contested with one another to define and create model citizens through schooling, and this political debate has shaped the course of public education (pg. 2, 1995). Personally, I have to agree with Tyack and Cuba. We tend to see education as a form of helping someone, an issue, or to improve a situation. Education should be used with a purpose and that purpose is to learn, to educate, and to help students become successfully academically. However, that is not always the case. Education at times is used for all the wrong reasons. “Repeatedly, Americans have followed a common pattern in devising educational prescriptions for specific social or economic ills. Once they had discovered a problem, they labeled it and taught a course on the subject: alcohol or drug instruction to fight addictions; sex education to combat syphilis or AIDS; home economics to lower the divorce rate; driver education to eliminate carnage on the highway; and vocational training or
When we refer to politics and education, we have heard it mention and it’s not good. A lot of politicians want us to believe that they are concern for our children to receive a better education, but in reality they tend to forget. The purpose of politics is to help education improve, provided services where it is needed, and help students achieve their best; however, the reality is that it’s not happening “The people who suffered most from inequality -the poor, blacks, working class immigrants, the disable, females -had little influence over educational policy."(Tyack and Cuban