Below is a link to an op-ed piece by Diane Ravitch, a well known educational historian and former assistant secretary of education under President Ronald Reagan, the misperception of whose legacy has made him a darling of the right (see here).

Are "modernization" and "westernization" synonyms? Is "modern" technology essentially a "western" - i.e. Euro-American - invention? These are important questions for students and teachers to consider, especially in today's rapidly globalizing socioeconomic milieu.