The stupidity epidemic : worrying about students, schools, and America's future / / Joel Best

• Autore: Best Joel
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (67 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.43
• Soggetto topico: Academic achievement - United States; Educational accountability - United States; Educational statistics; Intelligence levels - United States; Stupidity
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-49) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 place. First, data on educational attainment s
• Titolo autorizzato: The stupidity epidemic
• ISBN: 1-280-87319-1; 9786613714503; 1-136-16469-3; 1-136-16468-5; 0-203-83421-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779251103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Framing 21st century social issues.