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The education wars : a citizen's guide and defense manual Cover Image Book

The education wars : a citizen's guide and defense manual / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider.

Berkshire, Jennifer C., (author.). Schneider, Jack (Writer on education), (author.).

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"A guide to the core issues driving the education wars, offering essential information about issues, actors, and potential outcomes"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781620978542
  • ISBN: 1620978547
  • Physical Description: 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York : The New Press, [2024]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1: What's at stake and why should anyone care? -- Chapter 2: Why are we always fighting about schools? -- Chapter 3: Why are we fighting about schools now? -- Chapter 4: What's religion got to do with it? -- Chapter 5: What's really behind the push for parental rights? -- Chapter 6: What's so bad about funding students, not systems? -- Chapter 7: Democracy is not a spectator sport -- Chapter 8: Reclaiming education as a public good.

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Public schools > Political aspects > United States.
Education > Political aspects > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Privatization in education > United States.
Right and left (Political science) > United States.
Religion and politics > United States.
Culture conflict > United States.
Social values > United States.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States.

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