The Lights Are On, Is Anybody Home? Education in America is a no-nonsense book about why we have the system we have, where we’re heading, and what we can do about it. Find out: • why vouchers won’t fix our schools
• why standardized tests are a colossal waste of time and money
• what future schools will look like
• why teachers teach the way they teach
• who chooses what students learn and why
• why parents aren’t … More >>
The Lights Are On, Is Anybody Home? Education In America
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#1 by Jamie Townsend on February 15, 2010 - 6:50 am
The Lights Are On helped me understand why schools are the way they are. I’m not an educator, but the book was easy to comprehend. It seems to have been written for “the rest of us.” It was fun and worthwhile. I recommend it for anyone who wants to really understand education in America.
Rating: 5 / 5