Education and the Crisis of Public Values Challenging the Assault on Teachers, Students, and Public Education

Name: Education and the Crisis of Public Values Challenging the Assault on Teachers, Students, and Public Education
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ISBN: 9781433112164

ISBN-10: 1433112167

ISBN-13: 9781433112164

Edition: 2011

Authors: Henry A. Giroux

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Education and the Crisis of Public Values examines the shift in American society away from democratic public values, the ensuing move toward a market-driven mode of education, and the growing social disinvestment in youth in the last decade. The book examines how the ideal of public education as a democratic public sphere, has been under siege in a number of ways, including full fledged attacks by corporate interests on public school teachers, schools of education, and teacher unions. The book also examines how a business culture cloaked in the guise of generosity and reform has supported a charter school movement that takes as its aim the dismantling of public schools in favor of a…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
Publication date: 7/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 129
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Henry A. Giroux is the well-known author of numerous books and articles on society, education, and political culture. He is Waterbury Chair of Education at Pennsylvania State University and lives in State College, Pennsylvania.