Anglický jazyk

Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips

Vydavateľstvo: Information Age Publishing
Rok vydania: 2008
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 234 x 156 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781593118921

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O knihe

"We shape our tools and then they shape us." With these words, Kenneth
Boulding captured one of the great truths of the modern world. In Fertilizers,
Pills, and Magnetic Strips, Gene V Glass analyzes how a few key technological
inventions changed culture in America and how public education has changed
as a result. Driving these changes are material self-interest and the desire for
comfort and security, both of which have transformed American culture into a
hyper-consuming, xenophobic society that is systematically degrading public
education.
Glass shows how the central education policy debates at the start of the 21st century (vouchers, charter schools,
tax credits, high-stakes testing, bilingual education) are actually about two underlying issues: how can the costs
of public education be cut, and how can the education of the White middle-class be "quasi-privatized" at public
expense? Working from the demographic realities of the past thirty years, he projects a challenging and
disturbing future for public education in America.
Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips is attracting the attention of the nation's
foremost education scholars.
Reviews:
"This is the first credible book of the 21st century to anticipate the future of public
education."
David C. Berliner
".a wake up call to America about the disastrous consequences of current policies
that shortchange the education of the coming majorityLatinos and other 'minority'
studentson whom the very future of the nation rests. "
Patricia Gándara
"The book makes such impressive sense that one has to believe that its clarity,
command of the facts, eye for absurdity, and concern for justice will garner
greater support for public education as a common and noble cause."
John Willinsky
"This is the most original book about education in years."
Ernest R. House