Real education
Subtitle: four simple truths for bringing American schools back to reality
By: Charles Murray.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers; Crown Forum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780307405388
Subjects: Educational accountability -- United States; Education -- United States -- 1965-; Public schools -- United States
Description: The controversial author of "The Bell Curve" returns with a groundbreaking manifesto to transform American education. He presents the four simple truths that parents and educators should confront to precipitate change--that ability varies, that half of the children are below average, that too many people are going to college, and that America's future depends on how we educate the academically gifted. Real Education describes the technological and economic trends that are creating options for parents who want the right education for their children, teachers who want to be free to teach again, and young people who want to find something they love doing and learn how to do it well.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ability varies; title: Half of the children are below average; title: Too many people are going to college; title: America's future depends on how we educate the academically gifted; title: Letting change happen.