03131oam 2200745I 450 991095434980332120251117095723.01-280-87319-197866137145031-136-16469-31-136-16468-50-203-83421-610.4324/9780203834213 (CKB)2550000000104777(EBL)981725(OCoLC)798209360(SSID)ssj0000741949(PQKBManifestationID)11473273(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741949(PQKBWorkID)10743246(PQKB)11246283(MiAaPQ)EBC981725(MiAaPQ)EBC4720218(MiAaPQ)EBC4719705(Au-PeEL)EBL981725(CaPaEBR)ebr10578074(OCoLC)801405647(EXLCZ)99255000000010477720180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe stupidity epidemic worrying about students, schools, and America's future /Joel Best1st ed.New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (67 p.)Framing 21st century social issuesDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-17323-1 0-415-89209-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-49) and index.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/IndexCritics 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 place. First, data on educational attainment sFraming 21st century social issues.Academic achievementUnited StatesEducational accountabilityUnited StatesEducational statisticsIntelligence levelsUnited StatesStupidityAcademic achievementEducational accountabilityEducational statistics.Intelligence levelsStupidity.306.43Best Joel477506MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954349803321The stupidity epidemic4478201UNINA