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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Conservatives have succeeded in establishing their vision of education in America, one in which government funds can be used to pay for both public and private schools. As a result, the very meaning of public education in the United States has shifted away from the idea of a universal good. To understand how we got here, The Death of Public School argues, we must look back at the turbulent history of school choice. The Death of Public School tells...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A ... memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign"--Amazon.com
It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, the students sent to construction fields-- except for the 270 students at the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), a walled compound where portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il look on impassively...
Author
Publisher
Libertas Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
61 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Is school the best way to get an education? Ethan and Emily Tuttle have spent several years in school being graded on the quality of their work. But after hearing an award-winning teacher discuss some problems with schooling and share a vision for how children are best educated, the Tuttle family decides to embarck on a new learning adventure. Long-time educator John Taylor Gatto shares ideas with the Tuttle family from his Book "The Underground...
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