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Don Glines - Declaring War Against Schooling - 9781610486637 - V9781610486637
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Declaring War Against Schooling

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Description for Declaring War Against Schooling Hardback. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Declaring War Against Schooling documents 100 years of educational wars between Visionary learning leaders and Traditional school people. Ironically, to win the existing war, both opposing groups must unify to overthrow the control of education by politicians. The script cites the eras when education was in the hands of flexible educators with support, not opposition, from many politicians. President Lyndon Johnson called for “Tomorrow’s Schools”—a vision not yet achieved. The Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations transformed education into politics. Traditionalists submitted to one-size-fits-all mandates. Visionaries failed to unify to prevent unjust political requirements.   Research is presented which ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781610486637
SKU
V9781610486637
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Don Glines
Don Glines has been cited by National Observer as most innovative educator, Kappan as vice-president for heresy, Minnesota Alternatives Association as exemplary contributor, and Personalised Education Now as trailblazer in creating personal learning options for everyone.

Reviews for Declaring War Against Schooling
Don Glines has distilled 50 years of his forward thinking and practice into this profoundly important book. He finds that research supports radically different schools. In fact, the word “school” carries the baggage of obsolete beliefs and automatically sets us on the wrong path of trying to fix it. Start with learning, a natural human trait, to ... Read more

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