These Schools Belong to You and Me: Why We Can't Afford to Abandon Our Public Schools
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807024732 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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She has spent more than five decades working in public education as a teacher, principal, writer, and advocate, and she ranks among the most acclaimed leaders of the school reform movement in the United States. In 1987, she received a MacArthur award for her work in public education. An elementary school teacher for nearly a decade, she has taught in both private and public school settings. She also helped found the Coalition of Essential Schools in the 1980s, under the leadership of Ted Size
The authors give us the experience of creating and working in schools where democratic principles are vibrantly alive.”—Mike Rose, author of Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America“Once again, Deborah Meier has reminded us to never lose sight of what schools are supposed to be about. Rather, if our schools are to play a role in bolstering our democracy, then we must always remain clear about how to do this and why it is essential. Beyond test scores and other measures of academic achievement, our schools must prepare young people to actively participate in a democratic society. They won’t be able to do this if they haven’t been encouraged to think critically and haven’t been treated as respected members of their school community. Noguera, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Education, UCLA Graduate Sc
Reflecting on the trajectory of education and social policies that are leading our country further from rule “of, for, and by the people,” the authors apply their extensive knowledge and years of research to address the question of how public education must change in order to counter the erosion of democratic spirit and practice in schools and in the nation as a whole.. A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracy MacArthur award–winning educator, reformer, and author Deborah Meier draws on her fifty-plus years of experience in education to argue that the purpose of universal education is to provide young people with an “apprenticeship for citizenship in a democracy.” Through an intergenerational exchange with her former colleague and fellow educator Emily Gasoi, the coauthors shar