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Assigning Blame
Mark Hlavacik
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Description for Assigning Blame
Paperback. This book, written by a rhetorical scholar, analyzes pivotal moments in thirty-five years of education policy, with a focus on the shifting role of blame in education reform and its implications.-- Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Despite a plethora of opinions on how to improve US education, a remarkable consensus ""from both the left, right, and center"" has emerged that someone or something is to blame for the failures of the public school system, argues rhetoric scholar Mark Hlavacik in this new and insightful book examining the role of language and persuasion in the rise of the accountability movement.
Analyzing five of the most prominent acts of public persuasion since the founding of the US Department of Education in 1979 - Milton Friedman's appeal for vouchers on national television; the National Commission on Excellence in ... Read more
Despite a plethora of opinions on how to improve US education, a remarkable consensus ""from both the left, right, and center"" has emerged that someone or something is to blame for the failures of the public school system, argues rhetoric scholar Mark Hlavacik in this new and insightful book examining the role of language and persuasion in the rise of the accountability movement.
Analyzing five of the most prominent acts of public persuasion since the founding of the US Department of Education in 1979 - Milton Friedman's appeal for vouchers on national television; the National Commission on Excellence in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard Educational Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9781612509723
SKU
V9781612509723
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About Mark Hlavacik
Mark Hlavacik is an assistant professor of communication studies at the University of North Texas, USA.
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