One can argue about the extent to which America has fallen short of its promises. But, powerful forces at work in the United States today are working to obliterate public schools and debunk the idea that every child deserves a fair chance. As noted repeatedly by the contributors to Public Education, if our public schools go down, our democracy seems likely to follow.
Teachers College Record (A) conversation about American education can and should address what democracy actually means and how it can be nurtured and strengthened. This volume facilitates such a conversation, bringing together many of the nations most respected educators and scholars to reflect on how and why to uphold, defend, and perfect the critical and transformative role of public education that (Horace) Mann envisioned, and for which he advocated.
Education Review If you are looking for a work to explain the deleterious effects of standardized testing, the condition of public schooling past and present, the need to increase school funding and how to defend the notion of public education in the 21st century, this is the book.
AASA School Administrator Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy is a clarion call for protections and reforms to insure a sound and free public school system that will cease being a political catspaw for ambitious politicians, racist elements, and those who seek to replace history with disinformation, and the suppression of age appropriate gender issues as part of school curriculumsall in support of the prejudices and cultural biases of minorities seeking to overrule and subvert a bulwark of American democracy.
Midwest Book Review Editors Berliner and Hermanns gather 29 chapters authored by leading educators, activists, journalists, and researchers. The chapters contribute to an engaging discussion about the necessity of defending public education and what is needed to do so, loosely centered on the writings and political legacy of educational reformer Horace Mann, who is credited with founding traditional public schools.
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