Fertilizers, Pills,and Magnetic Strips The Fate of Public Education in America

Name: Fertilizers, Pills,and Magnetic Strips The Fate of Public Education in America
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ISBN: 9781593118921

ISBN-10: 1593118929

ISBN-13: 9781593118921

Edition: 2008

Authors: Gene V. Glass

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"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,…

Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.254