These schools belong to you and me : why we can't afford to abandon our public schools /
A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracy MacArthur award-winning educator, reformer and author Deborah Meier draws on her fifty-plus years of experie...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Beacon Press,
[2017]
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| Summary: | A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracy MacArthur award-winning educator, reformer and author Deborah Meier draws on her fifty-plus years of experience in education to argue that the purpose of universal education is to provide young people with an "apprenticeship for citizenship in a democracy." Through an intergenerational exchange with her former colleague and fellow educator Emily Gasoi, the coauthors share their experiences working in democratically governed schools and analyze the last several decades of education reform. Reflecting on the trajectory of education and social policies that are leading our country further from rule "of, for and by the people," the authors apply their extensive knowledge and years of research to address the question of how public education must change in order to counter the erosion of democratic spirit and practice in schools and in the nation as a whole. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 195 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780807024737 0807024732 |