Dumbing down Our Kids - Why American Children Feel Good about Themselves but Can't Read, Write, or Add (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

Charles Sykes asks why current graduates seem less well-read and less well-spoken, less knowledgeable and less able to compute, and lays most of the blame at the feet of the trainers of teachers, the writers of textbooks and the educational policy wonks who influence them. He convincingly shows that in many different school systems, and in many different academic fields, with the help of goofy text-books, watered-down requirements and "recentered" test grade scales, American students have come to value feeling good about a subject over being good in it. Sykes's recommended reforms include abolishing the federal Department of Education and its state counterparts, abolishing undergraduate schools of education, establishing more alternative routes to teacher certification, and merit raises for good teachers.

General

Imprint:	St Martin's Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2000
First published:	September 1996
Authors:	Charles J. Sykes
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	352
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-14823-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
LSN:	0-312-14823-2
Barcode:	9780312148232

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