The education wars : a citizen's guide and defense manual

Book

The education wars : a citizen's guide and defense manual / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider.

Berkshire, Jennifer C., (author.). Schneider, Jack (Writer on education), (author.).

Summary:

"A guide to the core issues driving the education wars, offering essential information about issues, actors, and potential outcomes"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781620978542
ISBN: 1620978547
ISBN: 9781620978719
ISBN: 1620978717
Physical Description: 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2024.
Copyright: © 2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Chapter 1: What's at stake and why should anyone care? -- Chapter 2: Why are we always fighting about schools? -- Chapter 3: Why are we fighting about schools now? -- Chapter 4: What's religion got to do with it? -- Chapter 5: What's really behind the push for parental rights? -- Chapter 6: What's so bad about funding students, not systems? -- Chapter 7: Democracy is not a spectator sport -- Chapter 8: Reclaiming education as a public good.