A quote from Michael Apple's "Idealogy and Curriculum" (1990) provides a glimpse of his professional and personal mission: "...I am even more convinced now, that until we take seriously the extent to which education is caught up in the real world of shifting and unequal power realtions, we will be living in a world divorced from reality." (p. viii). Examining the cultural, political, and economic contexts of education are at the heart of Apple's work, a mission driven by moral convictions: "The theories, policies, and practices involved in education are not technical. They are inherently ethical and political, and they ultimately involve...intensely personal choices about what Marcus Raskin calls 'the common good'" (1990, p. viii).
Review of Apple's "Cultural Politics & Education"