The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them
- ISBN-10
- 0385495242
- ISBN-13
- 9780385495240
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 317
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Anchor Books
- Authors
- E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Description
A savage critique of current American education policy and practices proposes that schools in the U.S. do not challenge students academically or value trained teachers and has elevated discredited and suspect theories of education over actual content. Reprint.
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