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Social class, social action, and education
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Aaron Schutz |
"Middle-class progressives in the early twentieth century wanted to transform a corrupt and chaotic industrial America into an "authentic" democracy, but they were arguably led astray by their privil… |
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Education and Democracy in Senegal
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Michelle T. Kuenzi |
"This book examines the role of nonformal education (NFE) in African languages in promoting democracy in Senegal. Using data from a survey of rural Senegalese citizens, this is the first study to emp… |
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Sketches in democracy
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Lisa DeLorenzo |
""Sketches of Democracy" is a captivating book that chronicles the first year in the life of a new urban high school. Based on journal entries and educational literature, this book traces the author'… |
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Education, politics, and public life
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Gary A. Olson,Lynn Worsham |
"Education as Civic Engagement: Toward a More Democratic Society is a collection of ten essays examining education--mostly higher education--as civic engagement. These essays are the finest works of … |
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Another kind of public education
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Patricia Hill Collins |
Sociologist Patricia Hill Collins opens this brilliant new book on race and education by describing how in her senior year at the Philadelphia High School for girls, near the end of a public school e… |
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Educational courage
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Mara Sapon-Shevin,Nancy Schniedewind |
"Ten years after the passage of No Child Left Behind, high-stakes testing, national standards, and turn-around policies remain highly controversial. In the same period, we have seen the rise of mayor… |
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Higher education for democratic innovation
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Tony Gallagher,Ira Harkavy,Sjur Bergan |
Democracy is increasingly the standard against which societies are measured. The term "democratic culture" designates the set of attitudes and behaviours that citizens need to have for democratic ins… |
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The making of Americans
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E. D. Hirsch |
From the bestselling author of Cultural Literacy, a passionate and cogent argument for reforming the way we teach our children Why, after decades of commissions, reforms, and efforts at innovation, d… |
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