Review of Collectives and the Commons: The Role of Educational Scholars in Movement Building for Justice, by Kevin Kumashiro (Ed.)

Michael W. Apple

doi:10.14507/er.v33.5120

Authors

Michael W. Apple University of Wisconsin, Madison

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v33.5120

Author Biography

Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Michael W. Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A former elementary and secondary school teacher and past-president of a teachers union, he has worked with educational systems, governments, universities, unions, and activist and dissident groups throughout the world to democratize educational research, policy, and practice. Professor Apple has written extensively on the politics of educational reform, on the relationship between culture and power, and on education for social justice. Among his recent books are: Can Education Change Society? The Struggle for Democracy in Education: Lessons from Social Realities; and the enlarged 4th edition of his classic text Ideology and Curriculum. Professor Apple has been selected as one of the 50 most important educational scholars in the 20th century. His books Ideology and Curriculum and Official Knowledge were also selected as two of the most significant books on education in the 20th century.

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[Book Reviewed] Kumashiro, K. (Ed.). (2026). Collectives and the commons: The role of educational scholars in movement building for justice. Myers Education Press.