Ethnography and innovation in education (Christo Sims)

What can ethnography bring to the study of school reform? Christo Sims (UC San Diego) is an anthropologist whose award-winning ethnography lays bare the ‘technological idealism’ driving the past 20 years of school reform. We discuss the complexities of ethnographic research and writing, as well as how having Jean Lave as a substitute teacher proved a life-changing experience.