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BL
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694219
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b516408
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| Title & Author
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Teaching America : : the case for civic education /\ edited by David Feith
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Rowman & Littlefield,, [2011]
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, ©2011
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| Series Statement
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New frontiers in education
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| Page. NO
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xxii, 235 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1607098407 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 1607098415 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1607098423 (electronic : alk. paper)
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: 9781607098409 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781607098416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9781607098423 (electronic : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Civic education, devalued / Frederick M. Hess -- Keeping the Republic / David Feith -- The democratic purpose of education : from the founders to Horace Man to today / Justice Sandra Day O'Connor -- My immigrant tale : assimilation and the road to success / Juan Williams -- The right to know your rights : civic literacy, the Miranda warnings, and me / Alan M. Dershowitz -- Safeguarding American exceptionalism : an uninformed citizenry risks ceding excessive power to government / Senator Jon Kyl -- Civic nation : my White House mission after September 11 / John M. Bridgeland -- Civic literacy and No child left behind : a lesson in the limits of government power / Eugene Hickok -- A failure of leadership : the duty of politicians and universities to salvage citizenship / Senator Bob Graham, with Chris Hand -- Forgetting Martin Luther King's dream : how politics threatens American's Civil Rights memory / Secretary Rod Paige -- Revolutionary ignorance : what do Americans know about the original tea party? / Bruce Cole -- Core curriculum : how to tackle general illiteracy and civic illiteracy at the same time / Andrew J. Rotherham -- Fighting civic malpractice : how a Harlem charter school closes the achievement gap / Seth Andrew -- The KIPP approach : be the change you wish to see in the world / Mike Feinberg -- The wisdom of twenty thousand teachers : strengthen state requirements, stop marginalizing the founders / Jason Ross -- Teaching political sophistication : on self-interest and the common good / Charles N. Quigley and Charles F. Bahmueller -- Good history and good citizens : Howard Zinn, Woodrow Wilson, and the historian's purpose / Michael Kazin -- Talk is cheap : the university and the national project : a history / John R. Thelin -- Don't believe the hype : young voters are still disengaged, and universities have few incentives to fix it / Mark Bauerlein -- Donor intent : strategic philanthropy in higher education / Admiral Mike Ratliff -- After the digital explosion : education and civil liberties in the Internet Age / Harry Lewis -- How school choice enhances civic health : vouchers and informed politics / Jay P. Lefkowitz -- Education versus indoctrination : what separates sound policy from state overreach? / Glenn Harlan Reynolds -- Letter to President Obama : a policy approach for the federal government / Peter Levine
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| Subject
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Citizenship-- Study and teaching-- United States
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Civics-- Study and teaching-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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372.890973
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| LC Classification
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LC1091.T43 2011
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| Added Entry
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Feith, David
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