This text demonstrates a provocative investigation of the political, social, and economic factors underlying classroom practices, offering a unique introduction to the contemporary field of critical pedagogy.

Life in Schools: An Introduction to Critical Pedagogy in the Foundations of Education, Fourth Edition, features excerpts from the author's best-selling work, Cries from the Corridor: The New Suburban Ghetto. This text provokes analytic discussion of social problems and a theoretical framework for formulating potential solutions (Parts III & IV). It also includes a new essay on race, a chapter on the social construction of whiteness, and new statistics relative to American public schooling.