Education: Assumptions versus History: Collected Papers
- ISBN-10
- 0817981136
- ISBN-13
- 9780817981136
- Series
- Education
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 204
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-01
- Publisher
- Hoover Press
- Author
- Thomas Sowell
Description
In the papers collected in Education: Assumptions versus History, Dr. Thomas Sowell takes a hard look at the state of education in our schools and universities. His imperative is to test the assumptions underlying contemporary educational policies and innovations against the historical and contemporary evidence.
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