After an impressive career in journalism, David S. Awbrey became a
middle-school social studies teacher in Springfield, Missouri, a
typical American community that he uses as a compelling case study
to explore many of the social and academic problems facing
education nationwide. A Journalist's Education in the Classroom is
an insightful, poignant and often humorous account of his
experiences teaching medieval and Renaissance history. What Awbrey
found in the classroom should alarm all Americans: students
obsessed with popular culture and disengaged from academics,
teachers intellectually unprepared for the 21st-century global
society, and an educational establishment focused more on
protecting its own power than on ensuring that the next generation
possesses the scholastic skills necessary to advance American
democracy and prosperity. But Awbrey offers hope. Citing historical
precedents, including Charlemagne's lifting Europe out of the
ignorance of post-Roman Empire barbarism and the 15th-century
Italian Renaissance, he examines how the rediscovery of classical
learning preserved Western civilization and persuasively argues
that America's future hinges on a similar restoration of the
liberal arts to primacy in the nation's schools.
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