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Avoiding the Demise of Democracy - A Cautionary Tale for Teachers and Principals (Hardcover)
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Avoiding the Demise of Democracy - A Cautionary Tale for Teachers and Principals (Hardcover)
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In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the
best systems in the world. Then came the accountability movement.
What was measured was what counted. Those who measured low were
punished. Those who measured high were rewarded. With measurements
came the loss of emphasis on the critical thought so necessary to
the preservation of American democracy and improving the American
way of life. Where do children learn the skills, practice and
habits of democracy? Sharron Goldman Walker s second volume on
democracy in education asks educators, especially teachers and
principals, to contemplate their roles in education and its
connections with the preservation of American democracy. Do we send
children to school to learn only how to achieve high scores on high
stakes tests? If democracy is not learned by practice in the
schoolhouse, how will children recognize it when they leave it?
Will they be able to critically reflect upon the issues presented
to them? Today s politics have descended into mutual shouting
matches, name-calling, hate and fear. Without the ability to
critically reflect upon divergent views through reasoned discourse
what will be the quality of the democracy? If democracy in
education is not practiced in the schoolhouse, democracy in America
will vanish.
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