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This book is an accessible carefully reasoned examination of the limits of the audit culture currently suffusing our schools
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The text was easy to read and provoked thought about presenting students with more democratic and civil education in schools
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A very good read however my only thoughts are perhaps in talking about the 7 myths i would have liked to know the statistics or research that went behind those claims
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Joel westheimers new book is a compelling and critical read from the first page of the introduction to the last page about hope for the future of democratic education
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Joel westheimer concisely demonstrates that teaching for democracy curricula is often steeped in politics with political consequences
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We are able to get slivers of his own personal story and also see the way the school system might not be doing all that it came to help students better understand and appreciate the importance of education not just getting a certain score
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This is the kind of book that will have you reading and contemplating what kind of citizen you want to be versus what kind you are being encouraged to beand the role of education plays in the answer