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Product Identifiers
PublisherFree Press
ISBN-100029303303
ISBN-139780029303306
eBay Product ID (ePID)15699
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
Publication NameInside American Education
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation, General, Evaluation & Assessment, History, Aims & Objectives
Publication Year1992
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaEducation
AuthorThomas Sowell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight23 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-019198
SynopsisThomas Sowell argues that the educational establishment of the United States - a vast tax-supported empire existing quasi-independently within American society - is morally and intellectually bankrupt. He suggests in a top-to-bottom tour of the mismanaged insitutions, cynical leadership and tendentious programmes of American education, that deceptions and dogmas have concealed or sought to justify the steep and dangerous decline in educational standards and practices across the board., An illuminating examination of the deterioration of the current school system in America, backed by detailed research and shocking statistics. An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony.