Why school?
Subtitle: reclaiming education for all of us
By: Mike Rose.
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by Perseus Distribution
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9781595584670
Subjects: Public schools -- United States; Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States; Democracy and education -- United States
Description: "Why School? challenges today's narrow focus on high-stakes testing and economic competition. It also serves as a critical reminder of the broader purposes of school: the intellectual, social, civic, and ethical development of individuals."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: In search of a fresh language of schooling; title: Finding our way: the experience of education; title: No Child Left Behind and the spirit of democratic education; title: Business goes to school; title: Politics and knowledge; title: Reflections on intelligence in the workplace and the schoolhouse; title: On values, work, and opportunity; title: Standards, teaching, learning; title: Remediation at the university; title: Re-mediating remediation; title: Soldiers in the classroom; title: A language of hope; title: Finding the public good through the details of classroom life; title: Conclusion: the journey back and forward.