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The fractured schoolhouse : reexamining education for a free, equal, and harmonious society /

American public schooling was intended to shape and unify democratic citizens, but by its nature it forces divisive conflict. And democracy is not the goal of American government, liberty is. The Fractured Schoolhouse posits that freedom in education is not only consistent with liberty but is better...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCluskey, Neal P., 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022].
Subjects:
Public schools > United States > Evaluation.
Democracy and education > United States.
School choice > Social aspects > United States.
Education > Political aspects > United States.
EDUCATION / History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Why Do We Have Government Schooling?
  • Reality Begs to Differ: Little Unity, Wrenching Conflict
  • Why Think Public Schools Would Unify?
  • The "Democracy" Problem
  • American Values
  • Is Freedom the Key to Unity and Equality?
  • For Peace and Cohesion, We Need Educational Liberty.