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" The deliberate dumbing down of America : "
by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt
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BL
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697843
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b520032
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| Main Entry
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Iserbyt, Charlotte Thomson
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| Title & Author
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The deliberate dumbing down of America : : a chronological paper trail /\ by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt
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| Edition Statement
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Revised and abridged ed
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| Publication Statement
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Parkman, Ohio :: Conscience Press,, c2011
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xxiii, 461 p. ;; 23 cm
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0945019734
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: 9780945019732
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: 9780966707113
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"This revised and abridged edition is internet interactive! You can access any abridged material from the original book at deliberateddumbdown.com. Abridged material is designated with a "ddd" in the text."--Back cover
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| Contents
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Update : from the noxious nineties through the terrible twos -- The sowing of the seeds : late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The turning of the tides : early twentieth century -- The troubling thirties -- The fomentation of the forties and fifties -- The sick sixties : psychology and skills -- The serious seventies -- The "effective" eighties -- The noxious nineties
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| Abstract
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In this book you will discover "how good teachers across America have been forced to use controversial, non-academic methodology in their classrooms; how "school choice" is being used to further dangerous reform goals, and how home schooling and private education are especially vulnerable; how workforce training (school-to-work) is an essential part of an overall plan for a global economy, and how this plan will shortcircuit your child's future career plans and opportunities; [and] how the international, national, regional, state and local agendas for education reform are all interconnected and have been for decades. The deliberate dumbing down of America is a chronological history of the past 100+ years of education reform. Each chapter takes a period of history and recounts the significant events, including important geopolitical and societal contextual information. Citations from government plans, policy documents, and key writings by leading reformers record the rise of the modern education reform movement"--Website
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Education-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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Educational change-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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LA217.2.T485 2011
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