I must confess I'm a latecomer to these barricades. My interest in the politics of education was only ignited by the recent WASL controversy here in Washington state, and I'm not too familiar with the topic in any comprehensive, historical way. Consequently, I found these articles informative as well as stimulating.
The issues delineated have relevance beyond our time or the events unfolding in the Mideast. Save for all the useless, tiresome photos, these pieces are quite good, the discourse of a more provocative sort than the usual moribund panel discussion fare.
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1888/introduction_teaching-the-middle-east-after-the-tu
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1887/panel-summaries-from-day-1-of-jadaliyyas-teaching-
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1963/panel-summaries-for-day-2-of-jadaliyyas-teaching-t
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1961/teaching-the-middle-east-conference_conclusions-an
[Jaddaliya means dialectic in Arabic.]
