Studied ignorance : how curricular censorship and textbook selection are dumbing down American education / Herbert N. Foerstel ; foreword by Larry Cohen
Published
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013
Textbook wars -- The law and curricular censorship -- Writing and publishing textbooks -- Adopting and teaching bad textbooks -- The crumbling core curriculum -- Conclusions and recommendations
Summary
Despite concerted efforts from our educators, administrators, and government, American education continues to struggle. The author of this work argues that the decline can be traced to censored curricula, inaccurate textbooks, test-driven evaluations, and increasing poverty among the student population
