The Language Police: how pressure groups restrict what students learn
by:
Diane Ravitch (author)
255 pages
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375414824 (0375414827)
ASIN: B004FFLI84
Publish date: 2003
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf
Pages no: 255
Edition language: English
There is some repetition, but the book is balanced. It is worth the price just to get the reading list and the list of "no use in texts/test" words.
Ravitch looks at one aspect of the American Public School Crisis: the lousy curricula. Because apparently EVERYONE has felt the need to tweak it. Maddening stuff.
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