The public educators alone recognize the significance of epistemology, especially
the philosophy of mathematics, in sustaining or challenging the hegemony of white,
middle-class males. This includes the saturation of views of knowledge, curriculum,
human nature and ability and society with hierarchical notions, and the associated
valuing of their higher levels. Only the public educator perspective challenges the
ideological assumptions, and recognizes that the problems concern schooling for all,
not just for a minority.