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Education And The Founding Fathers
Few would dispute that the educational system in America today is in a state of crisis. Can we learn anything from the wisdom of earlier days and leaders? This program uncovers the views and assumptions of some of our greatest thinkers and political pioneers regarding the essentials of American education. Examine the educational beliefs and practices of leaders such as George Washington, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson, Noah Webster, and many others. Education and the Founding Fathers is an excellent primer for those who want to know more about what was intended for American education by the Founders, what worked successfully for generations, and what can be done to return America t… More >>
Education And The Founding Fathers
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Other Kinds of Families: Embracing Diversity in Schools
Turner-Vorbeck and Miller Marsh contend that the vast diversity found in schools and society today suggests an urgent need to reconsider the ways in which families are currently represented and addressed in school curriculum and culture. In this important volume, they provide critical and theoretical analyses combined with narrative experiences to address such issues as multi-generational views of the schooling experiences of immigrant families, the educational needs of gay and lesbian families, the representation of adoption and adoptive families in children s literature, and the experiences of homeless students and their families with the educational system…. More >>
Other Kinds of Families: Embracing Diversity in Schools
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A Roadmap for Quality Transformation in Education: A Guide for Local Education Reform Leaders
When it comes to educational performance, the United States does not fare well in comparison to our global competitors. Numerous challenges, such as our increasing dependence on technology, and the ongoing difficulties we face in providing cost-effective, good quality public education, point to the need for changes in our educational system if we are to provide a competitive workforce in the future…. More >>
A Roadmap for Quality Transformation in Education: A Guide for Local Education Reform Leaders
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Education and Learning in America
As the United States has developed as a nation, so too has its educational system. As the colonies rebelled from Britain, their initial reliance on European educational models and philosophies was replaced by a greater focus on the Enlightenment, republicanism, and the influence of such prominent Americans as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, and Noah Webster. From this developed a system of public education, extending education to Americans previously excluded from private academies and secondary schools. In recent years, there has been a movement away from progressivism and a return to traditionalism as studies demonstrate increasing illiteracy rates of students in the United States versus t… More >>
Education and Learning in America
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Critical Pedagogy: Where Are We Now?
Our educational system is in turmoil. Many would argue that it has been assaulted and oversimplified by the right. There is growing concern that we are becoming a liberal nation-state with an increasingly anti-liberal population and an electorate that is disinterested in politics. In this globalized world, the power of capital is so great that opposition to it is often discouraged and disheartened, leaving many citizens few political precepts by which to consider their institutions. This contemporary failure of vision has opened the way for the unimpeded return of the philosophy of the free market. As a result, social and educational policies are debated almost solely in terms of how they fit with the needs of … More >>
Critical Pedagogy: Where Are We Now?
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