Rediscovering the Democratic Purposes of Education (Studies in Government & Public Policy) (Studies in Government and Public Policy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 070061026X ISBN 13: 9780700610266

Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 2000

Synopsis

This volume demonstrates that the democratic purposes of education are not outmoded ideas but can continue to be driving forces in public education. It establishes the intellectual foundation for revitalizing US schools and offers ideas for how the education process can be made more democratic.

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Review:

"This collection of state-of-the-art essays, an artful blend of philosophical, historical, institutional, political, and policy analyses, significantly advances our understanding of democratic civic education. It should be of interest to everyone concerned with the contribution our schools can make to reversing today's troubling flight from engaged democratic citizenship."--William A. Galston, author of Liberal Purposes: Goods, Virtues, and Diversity in the Liberal State

"This book admirably reconnects two separate strains of thought: thought about the specifics of education policy (vouchers, charters, national testing) with thought about the role of deliberation in democratic society. The authors gathered here are truly top-notch. A first-rate collection."--Jeffrey R. Henig, author of Rethinking School Choice

"This book's reorientation to educational decision-making returns us to the politics of the subject and provides superb analyses from many disciplines."--Frederick Wirt, coauthor of Schools in Conflict: The Politics of Education

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 070061026X
• ISBN 13: 9780700610266
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: McDonnell Lorraine M., Timpane P.Michael, Benjamin Roger