Her critically-oriented research focuses on democracy and social justice in both education policy and practice. Her empirical research focuses on policy production processes, with emphasis on privatization of policy functions, critical feminist analysis, critical thinking, and financial literacy education. The author/co-author of 11 books and several dozen articles, her publications appear in both scholarly and professional journals to reach both scholars and practitioners. Her latest books are ‘From Discipline to Culturally Responsive Engagement’ (Corwin/SAGE, 2013) and ‘Curriculum reform in Ontario: common sense processes and democratic possibilities’ (University of Toronto Press, 2012) which was shortlisted for the Speaker's Book Award of the Ontario Legislature.