American public education and the responsibility of its citizens : supporting democracy in the age of accountability / Sarah M. Stitzlein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stitzlein, Sarah Marie, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--United States--Citizen participation.

Education and state.

Public schools--United States--Citizen participation.

Public schools.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Rather than poorly performing schools, the current educational crisis is really about citizen responsibility. Citizens must insure that democratic processes are nurtured. This is perhaps most achievable in public schools. Therefore, citizens have a responsibility to support public schools and this text offers tools and knowledge to help citizens fulfill it.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Chapter 1: Changing Schools, Changing Citizens, Changing Priorities

Chapter 2: Accountability, the Public, and Public Schools

Chapter 3: Defining Public Schools and Understanding their Shifting Terrain

Chapter 4: Critiquing the Changing Practices of Public School

Chapter 5: Our Schools, Our Responsibility, Our Democracy

Chapter 6: Fulfilling Citizen Responsibilities

Chapter 7: Legitimacy of Public Schools

Chapter 8: Citizenship Education and Habits of Democracy

Chapter 9: Educating Citizens Through and For Democracy and Our Public Schools

Bibliography

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-065740-5

0-19-069256-1

0-19-065739-1