Pluralism and American Public Education [electronic resource] : No One Way to School  /
Berner, Ashley Rogers.author.
This book argues that the structure of public education is a key factor in the failure of America's public education system to fulfill the intellectual, civic, and moral aims for which it was created. The book challenges the philosophical basis for the traditional common school model and defends the educational pluralism that most liberal democracies enjoy. Berner provides a unique theoretical pathway that is neither libertarian nor state-focused and a pragmatic pathway that avoids the winner-takes-all approach of many contemporary debates about education. For the first time in nearly one hundred fifty years, changing the underlying structure of America's public education system is both plausible and possible, and this book attempts to set out why and how.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Educational philosophies and why they matter -- Chapter 2. Why political philosophy matters -- Chapter 3. American constitutions and religious schools -- Chapter 4. Citizenship, achievement, and accountability -- Chapter 5. The limits of educational pluralism and how to address them -- Chapter 6. Changing the frame. .
This book argues that the structure of public education is a key factor in the failure of America's public education system to fulfill the intellectual, civic, and moral aims for which it was created. The book challenges the philosophical basis for the traditional common school model and defends the educational pluralism that most liberal democracies enjoy. Berner provides a unique theoretical pathway that is neither libertarian nor state-focused and a pragmatic pathway that avoids the winner-takes-all approach of many contemporary debates about education. For the first time in nearly one hundred fifty years, changing the underlying structure of America's public education system is both plausible and possible, and this book attempts to set out why and how.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Education-Philosophy.
Political philosophy.
Child development.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Education Policy.
Educational Philosophy.
Political Philosophy.
Early Childhood Education.
Philosophy of Education.