Understanding Multicultural Education in a Sociopolitical Context (with Patty Bode)

Decisions made about education are often viewed as if they were politically neutral. Yet, as we hope to make clear in this chapter and throughout the text, such decisions are never politically neutral. Rather, they are tied to the social, political, and economic structures that frame and define our society. The sociopolitical context of society includes laws, regulations, policies, practices, traditions, and ideologies.