Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good about Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (585 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312134746 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 341 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sykes's recommended reforms include abolishing the federal Department of Education and its state counterparts, abolishing undergraduate schools of education, establishing more alternative routes to teacher certification and merit raises for good teachers. He convincingly shows that in many different school systems, and in many different academic fields, with the help of goofy text-books, watered-down requirements and "recentered" test grade scales, American students have come to value feeling good about a subject over being good in it. Good ideas all -- now if we can only get politicians to put them into action! . In this book, Charles Sykes asks why, and lays most of the blame at the feet of the trainers of teachers, the writers of textbooks and the educational policy wonks who influenc
The author of A Nation of Victims offers an expose+a7 of American public education, charging that faddish educational theories and the drive to inflate students' self-esteem are causing standards to decline. Tour.. National ad/promo
Wesley Horton said Great information on how the left. Great information on how the left, via the federal government and other initiatives have infiltrated the educational process and the resulting damage to OUR children that has ensuedThese days, if you want your child to have a good education, Public schools are NOT the answer With the endless demands of the educational unions, the constant screed of "MORE MONEY" all the time yeilding LOWER SCORES in every rubricThrow in the Federal government. "A powerful and well-reasoned critique" according to A Customer. As a parent and psychologist who works in a special education preschool, I found this book unsettling and accurate. Unfortunately, my co-workers have almost all been converted to the latest fad and are increasingly militant in their desire to "include" children in regular education when they enter kindergarten. More and more children with severe diabilities are being placed in classrooms who cannot follow directions, are very disruptive and . Five Stars this book is very very good to read and understand brain control vote control as the book 198Five Stars AM BROWNE this book is very very good to read and understand brain control vote control as the book 1984.