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Teaching America
The Case for Civic Education
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2011
Summary
In Teaching America, more than 20 leading thinkers sound the alarm over a crisis in citizenship—and lay out a powerful agenda for reform. The book’s unprecedented roster of authors includes Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Bob Graham, Secretary Rod Paige, Alan Dershowitz, Juan Williams, Glenn Reynolds, Michael Kazin, Frederick Hess, Andrew Rotherham, Mike Feinberg, Seth Andrew, Mark Bauerlein and more.
Their message: To remain America, our country has to give its kids a civic identity, an understanding of our constitutional system, and some appreciation of the amazing achievements of American self-government. But we are failing. Young Americans know little about the Bill of Rights, the democratic process, or the civil rights movement. Three of every four high school seniors aren’t proficient in civics, nine of ten can’t cut it in U.S. history, and the problem is only aggravated by universities' disregard for civic education. Such civic illiteracy weakens our common culture, disenfranchises would-be voters, and helps poison our politics.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-1-60709-840-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-60709-842-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
235
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Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 The Democratic Purpose of Education No access
2 My Immigrant Tale No access
3 The Right to Know Your Rights No access
4 Safeguarding American Exceptionalism No access
5 Civic Nation No access
6 Civic Literacy and No Child Left Behind No access
7 A Failure of Leadership No access
8 Forgetting Martin Luther King’s Dream No access
9 Revolutionary Ignorance No access
10 Core Curriculum No access
11 Fighting Civic Malpractice No access
12 The KIPP Approach No access
13 The Wisdom of Twenty Thousand Teachers No access
14 Teaching Political Sophistication No access
15 Good History and Good Citizens No access
16 Talk Is Cheap No access
17 Don’t Believe the Hype No access
18 Donor Intent No access
19 After the Digital Explosion No access
20 How School Choice Enhances Civic Health No access
21 Education versus Indoctrination No access
22 Letter to President Obama No access
Index No access Pages 219 - 228
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 229 - 235
