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Author Gross, Martin L. (Martin Louis), 1925-2013.

Title The conspiracy of ignorance : the failure of American public schools / Martin L. Gross
Published New York : Perrenial, an imprint of Harper Collins, 2000

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 W'PONDS  371.010973 Gro/Coi  AVAILABLE
Description x, 307 pages ; 20 cm
Contents 1. An Indictment of the Education Establishment -- 2. A Tale of American Student Failure -- 3. The Making of a Modern Teacher -- 4. The Debased Reading Curriculum -- 5. Licensing and Certification of Teachers -- 6. The Debased General Curriculum -- 7. The Psychologized Classroom -- 8. Private, Parochial, and Charter Schools -- 9. Alternate Certification of Teachers -- 10. Middle School and High School -- 11. The Teachers' Unions -- 12. The Establishment and the Community -- Conclusion: How to Reform, Rebuild, and Regain Our Public Schools
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index
Subject Public schools -- United States -- Evaluation.
School failure -- United States.
ISBN 0060932600