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Author:

Berkshire, Jennifer, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

The New Press,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Public schools--Political aspects--United States.
Education--Political aspects--United States.
Education and state--United States.
Privatization in education--United States.
Right and left (Political science)--United States.
Religion and politics--United States.
Culture conflict--United States.
Social values--United States.
Mass media--Social aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Schneider, Jack (Writer on education), author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

1620978547
9781620978542

LCCN:

2023056001

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)