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The Language Police - How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Paperback, Vintage Books ed.)
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The Language Police - How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Paperback, Vintage Books ed.)
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If you're an actress or a coed just trying to do a man-size job, a
yes-man who turns a deaf ear to some sob sister, an heiress aboard
her yacht, or a bookworm enjoying a boy's night out, Diane
Ravitch's internationally acclaimed The Language Police has bad
news for you: Erase those words from your vocabulary!
Textbook publishers and state education agencies have sought to
root out racist, sexist, and elitist language in classroom and
library materials. But according to Diane Ravitch, a leading
historian of education, what began with the best of intentions has
veered toward bizarre extremes. At a time when we celebrate and
encourage diversity, young readers are fed bowdlerized texts,
devoid of the references that give these works their meaning and
vitality. With forceful arguments and sensible solutions for
rescuing American education from the pressure groups that have made
classrooms bland and uninspiring, The Language Police" offers a
powerful corrective to a cultural scandal.
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