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Autore |
Best Joel |
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Titolo |
The stupidity epidemic : worrying about students, schools, and America's future / / Joel Best |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-87319-1 |
9786613714503 |
1-136-16469-3 |
1-136-16468-5 |
0-203-83421-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (67 p.) |
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Collana |
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Framing 21st century social issues |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Academic achievement - United States |
Educational accountability - United States |
Educational statistics |
Intelligence levels - United States |
Stupidity |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-49) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Our Doubts about America's Schools; II. Looking Backward at Fears of Failing Schools; III. Is There Evidence That Stupidity is Increasing?; IV. Explaining the Concern; V. Beyond Stupidity: Better Ways to Think about Educational Issues; References; Glossary/Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Critics often warn that American schools are failing, and that our students are ill-prepared for the challenges the future holds, and may even be ""the dumbest generation."" We can think of these claims as warning about a Stupidity Epidemic. This essay begins by tracing the history of the idea of that American students, teachers, and schools are somehow getting worse; the record shows that critics have been issuing such warnings for more than 150 years. It then examines four sets of data that speak to whether educational deterioration is taking |
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