Teaching America : the future of civic education / David Feith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feith, David.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

New frontiers in education.

New frontiers in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civics--Study and teaching.

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship--Study and teaching--United States.

Citizenship.

Civics--Study and teaching--United States.

Civics.

United States.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2011.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span><span>This book taps the best American thinkers to answer the essential American question: How do we sustain our experiment in government of, by, and for the people? Authored by an extraordinary and politically diverse roster of public officials, scholars, and educators, these chapters describe our nation's civic education problem, assess its causes, offer an agenda for reform, and explain the high stakes at risk if we fail.</span></span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; I: Making the Case; 1 The Democratic Purpose of Education; 2 My Immigrant Tale; 3 The Right to Know Your Rights; 4 Safeguarding American Exceptionalism; II: From the White House to the Statehouse-Policymakers' Lessons Learned; 5 Civic Nation; 6 Civic Literacy and No Child Left Behind; 7 A Failure of Leadership; 8 Forgetting Martin Luther King's Dream; 9 Revolutionary Ignorance; 10 Core Curriculum; III: In the Classroom-What Works, What Doesn't; 11 Fighting Civic Malpractice; 12 The KIPP Approach; 13 The Wisdom of Twenty Thousand Teachers

14 Teaching Political SophisticationIV: Among the Ivory Towers-Fighting Civic Neglect on Campus; 15 Good History and Good Citizens; 16 Talk Is Cheap; 17 Don't Believe the Hype; 18 Donor Intent; V: A Vision for the Twenty-First Century; 19 After the Digital Explosion; 20 How School Choice Enhances Civic Health; 21 Education versus Indoctrination; 22 Letter to President Obama; Index; About the Editor and Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41676-0

979-82-16-30254-4

1-283-23385-1

9786613233851

1-60709-842-3

OCLC:

750183142